BA (Hons) English

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Bachelor's degree

In Ormskirk

£ 9,250 + VAT

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Ormskirk

  • Duration

    3 Years

If you have a passion for literature and language and want to be challenged to extend your knowledge and broaden your horizons, then you will want to consider this degree. You will be joining a department which prides itself on its dynamic, modern and flexible programmes. You will develop communication skills, independent thinking and self-expression and will be stimulated and educated in language and literature by studying an impressive array of specialist modules. The programme develops written and oral fluency, both prized by potential employers, and also embodies the latest scholarship and research.

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Ormskirk (Lancashire)
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St Helens Road, L39 4QP

Start date

On request

About this course

Typical careers for English graduates include teaching (further training required), speech therapy (further training required), library work, media, journalism, arts administration, publishing, managerial work, public and voluntary sectors. Some graduates also progress onto further study and pursue an academic career.

120 UCAS Tariff points on the new UCAS Tariff, preferably to include A Level English or equivalent.

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Subjects

  • English Language
  • English
  • Renaissance
  • Renaissance Drama
  • Romanticism
  • Film Adaptation
  • Globalisation
  • Literature
  • Writing
  • Criminality
  • Crime

Course programme

Year 1

LIT1020 Ways of Reading (20 credits)

LIT1021 Critical Theories (20 credits)

LIT1022 Introduction to Literary Periods and Genres 1 (20 credits)

LNG1015 The Sounds of English (20 credits)

LNG1016 The Structure of English (20 credits)

LNG1017 Studying English Language (20 credits)

Language modules in French, Spanish or Mandarin, delivered at the Edge Hill Language Centre, are available to study as an integral part of this degree. A single Language module can be studied instead of either LIT1022 Introduction to Literary Periods and Genres 1 or LNG1015 The Sounds of English.

Year 2

LNG2130 History and Development of English (20 credits)

LNG2138 Methodology (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

LIT2040 Renaissance Literature: Self and Society (20 credits)

LIT2048 Renaissance Drama (20 credits)

LIT2049 Literature 1660-1760 (20 credits)

LIT2050 Romanticism (20 credits)

You will study three of the following modules. It may also be possible to select these additional modules from the remaining Year 2 options above.

Please note, you must study a minimum of 40 credits of English Language modules and a minimum of 40 credits of English Literature modules as part of the 120 credits studied in total in Year 2 to ensure each discipline is covered in sufficient depth.

LIT2027 Texts in Motion: Film Adaptation (20 credits)

LIT2041 Literature Dissertation Project (20 credits)

LIT2042 Literature and Globalisation (20 credits)

LIT2043 Literatures of Conflict (20 credits)

LIT2044 About Love (20 credits)

LIT2045 Modern American Literature: 1865 to the Present Day (20 credits)

LIT2046 Pilgrims Progress: British Children's Literature from the 18th Century to the Present Day (20 credits)

LIT2047 Producing a Literary Publication (20 credits)

LIT2051 Special Author 1 (20 credits)

LIT2052 Satire in the Long Eighteenth Century (20 credits)

LIT2053 Writing the Female Body (20 credits)

LIT2054 Writing the Supernatural (20 credits)

LIT2055 Rogues' Gallery: Crime and Criminality in the Long 19th Century (20 credits)

LIT2056 Vampire Fictions (20 credits)

LNG2128 English Language Long Essay (20 credits)

LNG2131 Introduction to Sociolinguistic Variation (20 credits)

LNG2132 Language of Shakespeare and His Time (20 credits)

LNG2133 Analysing Discourse (20 credits)

LNG2134 Early English (600-1500) (20 credits)

LNG2135 Phonetics and Phonology (20 credits)

LNG2136 Modern English Structure and Usage (20 credits)

LNG2137 Regional Varieties of English (20 credits)

LNG2139 Child Language Development (20 credits)

If you studied a Language module in Year 1, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 2. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Year 3

LNG3150 Employability (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

LIT3040 The Victorians At Work (20 credits)

LIT3041 The Victorians At Play (20 credits)

LIT3042 Modernisms (20 credits)

LIT3043 Contemporary Literature in English (20 credits)

You will select one of the following modules:

LNG3133 Psycholinguistics (20 credits)

LNG3140 Language and Gender (20 credits)

LNG3143 An Introduction to Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (20 credits)

You will select a total of 60 credits from the following modules. It may also be possible to select these additional credits (i.e. up to three modules) from the remaining Year 3 options above.

Please note, you must study a minimum of 40 credits of English Language modules and a minimum of 40 credits of English Literature modules as part of the 120 credits studied in total in Year 3 to ensure each discipline is covered in sufficient depth.

LIT3034 Gothic Romanticism (20 credits)

LIT3039 Literature Dissertation (40 credits)

LIT3044 Early American Literature: 1500-1865 (20 credits)

LIT3045 Hosting a Literary Festival (20 credits)

LIT3046 Narratives of Nation and Empire (20 credits)

LIT3047 Neo-Victorian Literature and Culture (20 credits)

LIT3048 Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll: Young Adult Fiction (20 credits)

LIT3049 Special Author 2 (20 credits)

LIT3050 Sexuality and Subversion (20 credits)

LIT3051 The Shakespeare Problem (20 credits)

LIT3052 Late-Victorian Gothic (20 credits)

LIT3124 Dickens and Popular Culture (20 credits)

LIT3125 Speculative Fiction (20 credits)

LNG3141 Communicating Sexuality (20 credits)

LNG3142 Bilingualism (20 credits)

LNG3144 Beyond English (20 credits)

LNG3145 Language and Identity (20 credits)

LNG3147 Corpus Linguistics (20 credits)

LNG3148 Language Dissertation (40 credits)

LNG3149 English in Contact (20 credits)

LNG3152 Forensic Linguistics (20 credits)

If you studied Language modules in Years 1 and 2, you may wish to study a further Language module in Year 3. This would form an integral part of your degree in place of one of the optional modules above.

Optional modules provide an element of choice within the programme curriculum. The availability of optional modules may vary from year to year and will be subject to minimum student numbers being achieved. This means that the availability of specific optional modules cannot be guaranteed. Optional module selection may also be affected by timetabling requirements.

Additional information

International students enrolling on the programme in academic year 2017/18 are £11,575 per annum.

How will I be assessed?

Assessment involves coursework and formal tests or examinations. Emphasis is placed on work produced in your own time or formally presented in class. You can expect to be assessed by critical essays, short analyses, individual/group oral presentations, poster presentations, research projects, blogs and group work. In your final year you may opt to write a dissertation on a specialised linguistic or literature theme, which you will research independently with one-to-one support from an expert supervisor.

Who will be teaching me?

You will study in a large department with well qualified tutors who are recognised experts in their field. You will be carefully guided, no matter what area of English you decide to study. When you choose an option module, your tutor will be an active specialist in this area, producing and publishing current research. Our staff are active in research in all taught subject areas, publishing books and articles on a regular basis. Several have been successful in winning national research, awards from bodies such as the British Academy, the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the Leverhulme Trust.

BA (Hons) English

£ 9,250 + VAT