BA (Hons) English Level 6, Full Time, 3 years 6

City College Norwich

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In Norwich

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Location

    Norwich

Entry Requirements

We attract students from varied backgrounds and encourage them to reach their full potential. A minimum of 80 tariff points is usually required but we have no standard offer as we take into account your reference, motivation and commitment to the course, as well as any projected or actual A level grades or other qualifications. We welcome students from Access Diplomas and our usual offer is 30 credits at Merit. Applicants may be invited for interview.

Applications from students whose first language is not English are welcome. For International students we require evidence of proficiency in English (including writing, speaking, listening and reading), the required minimum is: IELTS (SELT) 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components). Please contact the Advice shop for advice and guidance. International candidates are also actively encouraged to access the International Students webpage.

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Norwich (Norfolk)
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Ipswich Road, NR2 2LJ

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On request

About this course

Career Progression

Graduates may wish to move into teaching, journalism, public relations, marketing or publishing.

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Subjects

  • Full Time
  • Writing
  • International
  • English
  • Access

Course programme

Summary

This programme enables you to develop analytical skills by exploring a diverse range of texts, including novels, poems, plays, films, images and graphic novels. You will look at how meaning is created through language and form and at relationships between texts and contemporary cultural issues.

All of City College Norwich’s Degree programmes are validated by the UEA, meaning that the quality of the awards you get is assured by a world-renowned Higher Education organisation.

Teaching is usually over three terms of ten weeks, each with a weekly attendance of two days a week. You will normally study two modules, worth 20 credits, each term (plus a dissertation worth 40 credits in the third year). Teaching will involve lectures, guest speakers, small group sessions or seminars, tutorials, workshops, theatre and cinema and field trips. The list below indicates the modules that make up the programme.

Year 1 (level 4) modules

  • Higher learning skills
  • Myth and Criticism
  • Genre
  • The Evolution of Western Society
  • Reading the Visual
  • Children’s Literature OR Creative Writing

Year 2 (level 5) modules

  • Preparation for Work and Research
  • Medieval Life and Literature
  • The Renaissance
  • Madness, Trauma and Culture
  • Revolution and Reaction
  • Children’s Literature OR Creative Writing
    Year 3 (level 6) modules
  • Dissertation (40 credits)
  • Victorians and Victorianism
  • Modernism
  • Contemporary Literature and Culture
  • Dystopian Fiction

UCAS Code Q320

Additional information

Progression Students have moved on to PGCE or other Teacher Training courses. Others have gone on complete Masters degrees and Doctorates.

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