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BA Education Studies and English Literature

University of Worcester

Institution
University of Worcester
Level
undergraduate
Subject
Education Studies and English Literature
Duration
3 years
UCAS code
XQ33
Typical offer
A-level BCC

Entry requirements

UCAS tariff points: 104 A-level: BCC BTEC National Extended Diploma: DMM T-level: Merit

About this course

BA (Hons) in English Language and Literature and Education. Core topics include Research Methods, Communication & Writing, Critical & Analytical Thinking, Ethics & Professional Practice, and Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning. The programme includes placement opportunities in educational settings and concludes with an independent research project. Learning takes place in small, interactive groups across both subjects.

Modules

  • Literary Forms and Genres
  • Ways of Reading, Ways of Writing
  • Writing Worcester Past and Present
  • The What and Why of Education Studies
  • Education’s Past, Present and Future: Mapping Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
  • Exploding the Canon: Literary Theory and Practice
  • Whose Standards? (Re)forming Quality for Education
  • Movement and Migration
  • Politics, Sex and Identity in the Early Modern World
  • Shakespeare: Stage, Page and Screen
  • Gothic and Romantic Literature
  • Spaces of Modernity
  • Children’s Literature
  • Work Project
  • Ethical Research in Action
  • Sustainable Futures: Educating for a Shared World
  • The Psychology of Teaching and Learning
  • Education @ Work 1: Placement and work-based learning
  • Safeguarding in Education: Learning Lessons
  • Developing Personal Values and Philosophy in Education
  • Independent Research Project (Dissertation equivalent module)
  • Listener, Learner, Leader: Becoming Education Change-makers
  • Dissertation: Your Independent Study of Education
  • Ideology and Education
  • Education at Work 2: Placement and Work-Based Learning
  • Education and the Sociological Imagination
  • Theatre & Education
  • Justice and Revenge: from Tragedy to the Western
  • Postcolonial Encounters
  • Writing and the Environment
  • War and Conflict
  • Gendering Voices
  • Literatures and Cultures: International Explorations
  • Queer Bodies, Queer Texts
  • Metamorphoses: Literature and Adaptation