English via Study Centres BA (Hons)

Follow a Pathway: Literature, Language or Creative Writing. Develop your own writing style. Graduate with a life-long love for language and literature, and a highly respected degree.

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Overview

English is a wide-ranging and innovative degree. You'll explore the best of English Language, Creative Writing and English Literature, gaining understanding of their interrelation and the value of studying each area in depth at degree level. As the course progresses you will specialise in your chosen field.

Following your own pathway, you will graduate with one of three named degrees: BA (Hons) English: Language, BA (Hons) English: Literature, or BA (Hons) English: Creative Writing.

Please contact your Study Centre for more information about the delivery of this course.

Why us?

Specialising in your second year gives you a well-rounded exploration of English with the flexibility to change your pathway

Course structure

A typical week for you will include lectures, seminars and group work, as well as independent study.

Your progress will be assessed mainly through coursework, such as written assignments and presentations, with the opportunity to carry out a more extended piece in your third year.

All pathways

Year 1 (national level 4):

Core modules (120 credits):

The Writer’s Craft 1: Prose and Poetry (20 credits)
Order from Chaos: Narrative and Poetry (20 credits)
Stages and Pages: Drama and Criticism (20 credits)
Language in the 21st Century (20 credits)
Describing Modern English (20 credits)
The Writer's Craft 2: From Page to Stage (20 credits)

Some modules have prerequisites. Read more about what this means in our Help and Advice article.

English Literature pathway

Year 2 (national level 5):

Core modules (40 credits)

Questioning Literature: History and Theory (20 credits)
Refocusing Literature: Applying Literary Theory to Texts (20 credits)

English Literature pathway modules (40 credits). Choose two:

Exploring the City and the World in Eighteenth Century Literature (20 credits)
Literature of the Victorian Age (20 credits)
Literature from the Inferno to Paradise: The Renaissance (20 credits)
Romanticism (20 credits)

In addition, students on all pathways will take an additional 40 credits from a combination of any core or designated modules above, or from our range of optional modules.

Example optional modules:

X-Raying Narrative Fiction (20 credits)
The Writing of American Freedom and Slavery (20 credits)
Under the Red, White and Blue: American Literature, 1920-2020 (20 credits)
Genres of Poetry (20 credits)
Reading and Writing the Short Story (20 credits)

Year 3 (national level 6):

Choose four modules from the list below.

‘The Play’s the Thing’: Shakespeare’s Dramatic Genres (20 credits)
Troubles: 100 Years of Irish Poetry 1916-2016 (20 credits)
Modern Fiction: Gender, Sexuality and Experimentation (20 credits)
Monster, Madness and Murder: Gothic Literature (20 credits)
Chaucer’s Genres: The Canterbury Tales (20 credits)
The Art of the US Story 1960-2016 (20 credits)
Women’s Autobiography (20 credits)
Jane Austen: Text, Context, and Adaptation (20 credits)
Representations of Totalitarianism and the Holocaust (20 credits)
World Englishes in Fiction (20 credits)

English Language pathway

Year 2 (national level 5):

Core modules (40 credits)

Language in Education (20 credits)
Contemporary Sociolinguistics (20 credits)

Choose two modules (40 credits) from the following:

Introduction to Media Language (20 credits)
Language and Childhood (20 credits)
Language and Power (20 credits)
Language, Literature and Computers (20 credits)
Writing Works (20 credits)

In addition, students on all pathways will take an additional 40 credits from a combination of any core or designated modules above, or from our range of optional modules.

Example optional modules

X-Raying Narrative Fiction (20 credits)
The Writing of American Freedom and Slavery (20 credits)
Under the Red, White and Blue: American Literature, 1920-2020 (20 credits)
Genres of Poetry (20 credits)
Reading and Writing the Short Story (20 credits)

Year 3 (national level 6):

Choose two of the following modules (choices may vary from year to year):

World Englishes in Fiction (20 credits)
Broadcast Talk (20 credits)
Language and Gender (20 credits)
English in the Northeast (20 credits)
Reading and Writing Children’s Fictions (20 credits)

Take a further two modules (40 credits) from final year modules.

English: Creative Writing pathway

Year 2 (national level 5):

Core modules (40 credits)

Creative Writing and Critical Thinking (20 credits)
Creative Writing and Therapy (20 credits)

English: Creative Writing pathway modules (40 credits)

Explorations in Prose Fiction (20 credits)
Writing for Stage (20 credits)
Performance, Poetry and Song (20 credits)
How to Write like Tolkien: Reading and Writing Mythic Literature (20 credits)

In addition, students on all pathways will take an additional 40 credits from a combination of any core or designated modules above, or from our range of optional modules.

Example optional modules:

X-Raying Narrative Fiction (20 credits)
The Writing of American Freedom and Slavery (20 credits)
Under the Red, White and Blue: American Literature, 1920-2020 (20 credits)
Genres of Poetry (20 credits)
Reading and Writing the Short Story (20 credits)

Year 3 (national level 6):

Choose two of the following modules (choices may vary from year to year):

Genre Fiction (20 credits)
Creative Writing and Publishing (20 credits)
Writing the Novel (20 credits)

Take a further two modules (40 credits) from final year modules.

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Career ready

BA (Hons) English is an extremely well-respected degree. Your highly developed skills in communication, research and analysis will make you a perfect fit for a wide range of organisations, including graduate training schemes. Many of our graduates progress to careers in teaching, journalism, business and publishing.

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English via Study Centres BA (Hons)

Overview

Why us?

Course structure

All pathways

Year 1 (national level 4):

English Literature pathway

Year 2 (national level 5):

Year 3 (national level 6):

English Language pathway

Year 2 (national level 5):

Year 3 (national level 6):

English: Creative Writing pathway

Year 2 (national level 5):

Year 3 (national level 6):

Facilities

Entry requirements

Fees and finance

Career ready

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