BA English Literature and Medieval Studies (3 year)

Modules

Disclaimer: Module selection options may change.

Year 1 (Level 4)

FHEQ 4 Degree / HECert

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameEN-113Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Literature and Society in Medieval Europe.HIH117Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Medieval Europe: an introduction

Compulsory Modules Selective

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select at least TWO of the following Modules

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-100Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Monsters, Theories, TransformationsEN-119Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Stage Play WorldHIH122Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Making History

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Optional Module

Choose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select enough modules from the following to bring your total credits to 60 in each teaching block. To take a Latin module in TB2 you MUST have taken the equivalent Latin module in TB1. Staff can advise on the appropriate level of Latin modules on request.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceAM-113Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to American Literature and CultureCLL101Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beginning Latin Language ICLL102Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Beginning Latin Language IICLL105Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) ICLL106Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language (post-GCSE or equivalent) IICLL125Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Latin 1 (Level 1)CLL126Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Further Latin 2 (Level 1)EN-112Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Approaches to Gender in English LiteratureEN-117Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Creative Writing: Fiction GenresEN-118Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Creative Writing: Styles of FictionEN-120Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20English EssentialsHIH118Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Early Modern World, 1500-1800HIH121Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Europe of Extremes: 1789 - 1989HIH124Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Modern British History

Year 2 (Level 5)

FHEQ 5 Degree / HEDip

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

None found.

COMPULSORY MODULES

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : YOU MUST SELECT BOTH MODULES

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-266Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Medieval EncountersHIH237Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Practice of History

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Optional Modules - Medieval Studies

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Choose enough modules from the following to give you at least 40 credits in Medieval Studies overall, and no more than 80 credits overall. To enrol in a TB2 Latin module, you must also enrol in the corresponding TB1 module.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCLL203Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language I(post-Beginning Latin Language)CLL204Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Intermediate Latin Language II(post-Beginning Latin Language)CLL221Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beginning Latin Language ICLL222Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Beginning Latin Language IICLL225Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Latin 1 (Level 2)CLL226Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Further Latin 2 (Level 2)CLL227Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Advanced Latin 1 (Level 2)CLL228Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Advanced Latin 2EN-237Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to PostmodernHIH2001Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Ancient and Historic Places (Study-Trip/Field project: History)HIH2019Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Gendering the Middle Ages: Power and ExclusionHIH2069Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Crusades and the Making of Latin Christendom, 1050-1300HIH2690Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Beyond Blood and Guts: Medicine from Late Antiquity to the Early Modern PeriodHIH276Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Anglo-Saxon and Viking-Age England

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Optional Module Choices - English Literature

Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Choose enough credits from the following options to give you at least 40 credits of English Literature overall, and no more than 80 credits overall

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-204Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Introduction to Creative Non-FictionEN-206Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Debating Texts: Theory in LiteratureEN-207Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Revolution of the Word: ModernismEN-226Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Conflict and the Gothic in the long nineteenth centuryEN-236Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Introduction to Writing DramaEN-237Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to PostmodernEN-239Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20No-Man's Land: Literature of the Great WarEN-241Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Fragments of Union: The Cultural Making and Breaking of BritainEN-242Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Contentious ShakespeareEN-260Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Studying DialectHUA207Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Business & Entrepreneurship

Year 3 (Level 6)

FHEQ 6 Degree / Honours

Students choose 120 credits from the following:

None found.

Dissertation options - Selective

Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select EITHER HIH3300 OR EN-3031.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-3031Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Sep-Jun Taught)40Dissertation - English LiteratureThis may be on a Medieval topicHIH3300Semester 1 and Semester 2 (Sep-Jun Taught)40History DissertationIf selected this must be on a Medieval topic

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Choose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : It taking a Dissertation on a Medieval topic, you MUST select 60 credits from below. If taking a Dissertation on an English topic you MUST select 20 credits from below.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceEN-3014Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Fiction WritingEN-3026Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Creative Writing Personal ProjectEN-3027Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20William Blake: Poetry and DesignsEN-3029Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Postmodernist and Post-war FictionEN-3037Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Exodus: Moses and Minority LiteratureEN-3040Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Welsh Gothic / Gothic WalesEN-3042Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Postcolonial LiteratureEN-3043Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Poetry in the Twentieth CenturyEN-3046Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Stuff: Victorian Literature and Material CultureEN-3047Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Other Tongues: Multilingualism in English Language LiteratureEN-3048Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Professional Development: Preparing for WorkEN-3050Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Written in Blood: Reading the VampireEN-3051Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Madness, Malady and Melancholia: Literature and Medicine from Genesis to GenomesEN-3052Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Sex and Death: Jacobean Drama EN-306Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Writing for Radio and ScreenEN-309Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Further Creative Non FictionEN-319Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Further Poetry WritingEN-374Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Theorising Texts: Shakespeare, Bronte, JamesEN-376Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Prehistory, History and LanguageEN-394Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Reading/Writing TraumaEN-398Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Masculine and Monstrous in the Middle Ages

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Medieval Studies - Optionals

Choose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : If you are doing a dissertation on a non-medieval topic (EN-3031), you MUST take three 20 credit modules from the list below. If you have selected a medieval topic, you MUST select 20 credits from below. The special subjects are listed in PAIRS and you MUST take both modules in the pair. Special Subjects include: HIH3368/HIH3369, HIH3353/HIH3354 or HIH3229/HIH3230.

Module CodeSemesterCreditsModule NameGuidanceCY-353Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Cyfraith HywelEN-3011Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Discovering Old EnglishEN-314Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20ChaucerEN-398Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Masculine and Monstrous in the Middle AgesHIH3181Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Cathars and the Albigensian CrusadesHIH3229Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Reign of King John 1199-1216: Misrule and Magna Carta (I)HIH3230Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Reign of King John 1199-1216: Misrule and Magna Carta (II)HIH3353Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Devotion Piety & Power: The First Crusade & the Worlds of Latin Christendom, Byzantium & the Islamic Near East, Part 1HIH3354Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20Devotion Piety & Power: The First Crusade & the Worlds of Latin Christendom, Byzantium & the Islamic Near East, Part 1HIH3357Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Mapping Medieval LandscapesHIH3361Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20Vikings, Monks and Conquest: Britain in Europe, 1000-1200 A.D.HIH3368Semester 1 (Sep-Jan Taught)20The Medieval Natural World: Environments, Explorations and Encounters (i)HIH3369Semester 2 (Jan - Jun Taught)20The Medieval Natural World: Environments, Explorations and Encounters (ii)