Q7FY English Studies with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

University of Bedfordshire

Foundation degree

In Luton

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  • Type

    Foundation degree

  • Location

    Luton

Why study this course In the Foundation year you will study three days per week. The focus will be on academic writing skills and numeracy, plus subject-specific content to fully prepare you for entry to an Undergraduate degree. This is a distinctive course that allows you to study English literature alongside language, linguistics and creative writing. The course is designed to allow you to study areas within English Studies that interest you most, choosing the subjects in the second and third years of your degree that best suit your strengths and personal learning styles, as well as your own occupational goals. You will have the option of studying subjects such as poetry and poetics, creative writing, Gothic literature, gender and culture, children’s fiction and American, Irish...

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Luton (Bedfordshire)
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University Of Bedfordshire Business School, Luton Campus (Vicarage Street), LU1 3JU

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Subjects

  • Irish
  • Creative Writing
  • English
  • Writing
  • Poetry

Course programme

Modular structure The English Studies course will provide you with a wide scale of reference in English literature and language from different cultures and literary periods, including those before , helping you to acquire an awareness of many of the key writers, major literary movements and theoretical debates in the field. You will have the option of studying subjects such as creative writing, poetry and poetics, gender and culture, children’s fiction, Gothic literature, and American, Irish and world literatures. In your final year, you will produce a dissertation, with the option of submitting either an extended essay on a literary or language-based topic of your choice, or a portfolio of creative writing comprising a short story, a play or a series of poems, together with a self-reflective commentary on the process of composition.

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Skills and experience gained You will be supported in all of your units by tutors who are knowledgeable and enthusiastic about the subjects they teach. By working in small groups and engaging in guided group discussions, you will be able to improve your debate and communication skills. Overall, the course will help you achieve the skills that will make you the kind of engaged, responsive and creative individual who is highly employable in today's innovative job market. The English Studies course will train you to work effectively within the current information economy. You will learn how to synthesise materials from different sources into coherent essays that articulate considered and evidence-based arguments, you will practise the conventions of modes of writing in the professional world and you will be taught creative thinking techniques and how to communicate ideas and perceptions in fresh and original ways. From the beginning of the course, you will develop the skills and the knowledge necessary to become an independent learner who is able to work proactively in academic and professional contexts. You will also acquire a wide scale of reference in English literature and language and will be aware of many of the major movements and writers After the course During the Introductory Programme at the start of the first year of your studies, you will meet staff from the Careers Service who will talk to you about how best to prepare for your chosen career and the services they have to offer to help you with that preparation over the next three years. Towards the end of Year One, a session will be organised to discuss the...

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Q7FY English Studies with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

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