B.A. Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature (Hons)

The course structure below gives a flavour of the modules that will be available to you and provides details of the content of this programme. This listing is based on the current curriculum and may change year to year in response to new curriculum developments and innovation. Most programmes will require you to study a combination of compulsory and optional modules, you may also have the option to take ‘wild’ modules from other programmes offered by the University in order that you may customise your programme and explore other subject areas of interest to you or that may further enhance your employability.

Possible modules may include:

• Modern Culture
• Contemporary Culture
• Digital Culture
• Cultures of Embodiment
• The Tale

You have the opportunity to select wild modules in this stage

Possible modules may include:

• Popular Culture, Media and Society
• Environmental Politics
• Gender, Crime and Criminal Justice
• Sociology of Crime and Deviance
• Violence and Society
• Youth and Crime
• Criminal Justice in Modern Britain: Development, Issues and Politics
• Race and Racism
• Digital Culture
• Environmental Policy and Practice
• Terrorism and Modern Society
• Crime , Media and Culture

The Year Abroad option available with this degree programme is an excellent opportunity to experience learning in a different cultural context and educational setting; providing the opportunity to develop your skills, confidence and networks internationally.

The Year Abroad is subject to availability and you must also meet the academic and attendance requirements, usually achieving an average mark of 60% at Stage 2, plus satisfactory attendance and coursework submission records.

See our A-Z course list for more details or contact our Go Abroad team. Subject to availability, work placements can be undertaken anywhere in the world.

Possible modules may include:

• Digital Culture
• Cultures of Embodiment
• Cultural Studies Research Dissertation
• Research Dissertation
• War, Atrocity and Genocide
• Modern Chinese Societies
• Drugs, Culture and Control
• Globalization and Development
• H:Religion and Film
• I:Religion and Film
• Sociology of Religion
• Urban Sociology
• Terrorism and Modern Society
• Environmental Policy and Practice