BA (Hons) English with Secondary Education (QTS)

Module: 4EN007

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module will examine the shorter fiction and literature of well-known and canonical authors as a means of introducing a range of authors in a digestible fashion whilst also considering the short story as a distinct literary form. We will discuss a range of short literary material to show the contribution that such literature can make to the canon. We will investigate the formal characteristics of the short story – plot (or its frequent absence), narrative technique, arrangement of scenes, tone, and how the structure determines the treatment of a range of contemporary ideas: time and consciousness, subjectivity, alienation, sexuality, body and gender, fantasy, imperialism and immigration.

Module: 4EN010

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This course introduces a number of key texts in medieval and Old English literature through the lens of the medieval animal. You will encounter a range of fantastic beasts in English and European textual and visual cultures from the tenth to sixteenth centuries, and learn the critical skills to analyse them. In doing so, you will examine the importance of animals in forming human and civic identities – including in our own city’s Anglo-Saxon name.

Module: 4EN004

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module will examine literature as both a source of, and challenge to, different forms of individual, social and national identities. It will seek to address questions concerning the processes of readers' subjectivity and identification, the constructedness of identity and the relationship between literary expression and national identities. In addition, whose identity is under scrutiny when we read literary texts? The author or the reader? Who is the ‘I’ in literary meaning and should we move from the interpretation of texts to the interpretation of interpretations?

Module: 4EN008

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module introduces you to the principles of drama in performance. Aided by theatre professionals the module takes you through the practicalities and theory of putting on a play: interpretation, staging, directing, producing and acting. Using the Arena Theatre's stage and resources, you'll take key scenes from the page to the stage.

Module: 4SE001

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

The purpose of this module is to provide an introduction to the teaching of your specialist subject in the secondary school curriculum. You will consider educational policies and the impact of these on your own education. The module will draw upon subject specific reading to identify what you consider to be the rationale that justifies and underpins the teaching of your specialist subject. You will begin to identify and express learning objectives appropriate to a range of different learners. You will be introduced to a range of pedagogical approaches and strategies to deliver lesson objectives.

Module: 4EN002

Credits: 20

Period: 1

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module aims to develop students’ understanding of modern Standard English through the study of its history and the factors which have contributed to its development. The module introduces students to theoretical frameworks for the study of the English Language and aims to provide students with the tools to describe and analyse examples of written and spoken English in a socio-historical context.

Module: 5EN001

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to provide both a thorough introduction to the main areas of contemporary literary criticism and theory, and to equip students with a set of theoretical terms and concepts that will enable them to understand what is at stake in current debates in critical and cultural theory.

Module: 5LN005

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

This module aims to introduce students to core linguistic theories and interpretative frameworks regarding the ways in which people produce and understand meaning through language. At the end of the module, students will be able apply semantics (meaning) theories to instances of language use, using appropriate technical terminology, and draw meaningful conclusions.

Module: 5HU002

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Wolverhampton City Campus

The module examines literary and cultural responses to political debates and to key moments in social history. Particular reference will be made to the impacts of socio-cultural change and political movements on popular literature and culture, and how such productions have been used to advance or resist various ideological interests. Issues addressed will include the relationships between various types of representation and their claims to truth and authenticity, the impact of social, commercial, political and moral issues on cultural production; the significance of the audience; the role(s) of culture within social formations, with particular reference to practices of collaboration, recuperation, and resistance.

Module: 5SE002

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

Locations: Walsall Campus

The purpose of this module is to provide a framework that will enable you to build your capacity to teach your specialist subject. You will be required to meet those essential professional standards identified in the module as fundamental to the beginning teacher. You will be able to identify and express learning objectives appropriate to a range of different learners and be able to assess the learning outcomes. You will engage with a range of pedagogical approaches appropriate to your specialist subject. You will be supported to identify your professional identity as a beginning teacher. The module will support your development as a reflective practitioner in a variety of learning contexts. This will include university-based sessions and experience within school-based environments, supported by university-based and school-based tutors. You will make effective use of current theories and practices in education. Reading, observation, personal practice and discussion will inform your professional development. Your capacity for reflection is expected to impact on your classroom practice. You are expected to build professional relationships with pupils, teachers and other professionals.

Module: 5EN004

Credits: 20

Period: 2

Type: Core

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