BA English Literature
Entry requirements
96 UCAS tariff points Your grades are just one part of your story, which is why at UoG we accept any grades from any combination of level 3 qualifications. A-level CCC BTEC MMM T-level Pass Here’s an example of how 96 UCAS tariff points might look for some common level 3 qualifications. GCSE in English Lang/Lit and Maths at grade 4/C or above are usually required. Unsure if we could offer you a place? Check out the UCAS tariff calculator or contact our admissions team if you have any questions.
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature. Core topics include research methods, critical and analytical thinking, and entrepreneurship. The programme culminates in a 9000-word dissertation as a final-year independent project, guided by a supervisor. The curriculum also features field trips, guest lectures, and opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration with Creative Writing students.
Modules
- Words in Action: Study Skills for English Literature and Creative Writing
- Shaping Stories, Shaping Worlds
- Children's and YA Literature: Writing Back to History
- Sacred and Profane Stories: Myth and Culture
- Tongues of Flame: Poetry from the Dark Ages to Dylan Thomas
- Contemporary Fiction: Society and the Self
- Connecting Words and Worlds: Community and Career Skills
- Stories to Live By
- Whose Liberty? Exploring North American Writing
- Victorian Dreams, Victorian Nightmares
- Crime Fiction: from Sherlock Holmes to True Crime
- Writing Nature/Nature Writing: British Romantic Literature
- Beyond the Page: Careers in English Literature and Writing
- Dissertation
- On the Trail: Travel Writing
- Decolonisation: Postcolonial and World Writing
- Imagining New Worlds: Eighteenth-Century Literature
- Banned Books: Gender and Sexuality in Literature