BA English
Entry requirements
BBB-BCC at A Level. 120-104 UCAS tariff points from a combination of Level 3 qualifications. Merit at T Level. DMM-MMM in BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma. Merit in UAL Level 3 Extended Diploma. Merit in RSL Level 3 Extended Diploma. Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits at Merit or above. 120-104 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.
About this course
BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and English Literature and Creative Writing and Linguistics. Core topics include statistics, research methods, communication and writing, entrepreneurship, and global and comparative perspectives. The curriculum includes a work experience placement in the second year, along with archive research and involvement in literature festivals. Modules also cover historical linguistics and professional writing.
Modules
- Arts and Humanities Placement
- Portfolio Sandwich Year
- Enterprise Placement
- Dissertation
- Humanities Showcase
- Child Language Acquisition
- Extraordinary Gentlemen: Masculinity and Popular Fiction in the Nineteenth Century
- Twentieth Century Drama
- Twentieth Century Poetry
- Experimental Writing
- Voices of the Holocaust
- World Literature
- Creative Writing Project: Going Public
- Professional Writing
- Critical Thinking
- Introduction to English Literature
- History of English
- Medieval and Early Modern Sources and Approaches
- Twentieth Century Britain
- Video Production
- Audio Production
- Online Content Production
- The Media's Roles, Rights and Responsibilties
- Researching the Humanities
- Work Experience Placement
- Investigating the Archive
- Many Englishes: varieties and variation
- From Spoken Work to Searchable Data
- Shakespeare Now and Then
- Twentieth Century Fiction
- The Victorian Novel
- American Poetry from the 19th Century to the Present Day
- Scriptwriting
- Developing Your Craft
- The Gothic