English and History with Study Abroad BA

Programme structure

The modules we outline here provide examples of what you can expect to learn on this degree course based on recent academic teaching. The precise modules available to you in future years may vary depending on staff availability and research interests, new topics of study, timetabling and student demand.

The English and History degree programme is made up of compulsory (core) and optional modules, which are worth 15 or 30 credits each. Full-time undergraduate students need to complete modules worth a total of 120 credits each year.

Depending on your programme you can take up to 30 credits each year in another subject to develop career-related skills or just widen your intellectual horizons.

Please note that modules offered are subject to change, depending on staff availability, timetabling, and demand.

Year 1

The first year gives you a foundational knowledge of English and History theory, concepts, texts, and periods. You will also gain important analytical techniques that will be useful across a range of subjects and research tasks.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits HIC1000History Foundation Course 30 TRU1101Foundations30 TRU1104Reinventions30 Optional modules CodeModuleCredits HIC1200Public History 130 HIC1300World History 1: Globalization 15 HIC1301World History 2: Science, Environment and Sustainability 15 HIC1600People's History 1: the History of Everyday Life15 HIC1601People's History 2: Politics, Place and Identity15 Year 2

In the second year you will advance your grasp of English and History knowledge, methods, texts, and periods through a set of compulsory modules. Optional modules enable you to develop specialist knowledge on a range of topics.

There are two possible pathways for level 2.

Pathway A: students take CEH2000, Interdisciplinary Research Methods Project; 60 credits from the list of History level 2 modules; 30 credits from the list of English level 2 modules.

Pathway B: students take CEH2000, Interdisciplinary Research Methods Project; 30 credits from the list of History modules; 60 credits from the list of English modules.

Compulsory modules

CodeModuleCredits CEH2000Interdisciplinary Research Methods Project in English and History 30 Optional modules CodeModuleCredits English TRU2006Renaissance, Reformation and Rebellion: English Literature 1580-170030 TRU2010From Romanticism to Decadence30 TRU2011From Modernism to the Contemporary30 TRU2012Reason & Passion: Literature 1700-179930 History HIC2302Development and Underdevelopment: Less Developed Countries Since 194530 HIC2316The Occult in Victorian Britain15 HIC2321Militarism, Authoritarianism and Modernisation: Japan from 1800 to 194515 HIC2323Early Modern History 1500-1700 - A Social History15 HIC2324Organised Crime in USA15 HIC2330Past Actions, Present Woes, Future Possibilities: History in the Anthropocene30 HIC2330Birth of Modern America: The USA 1865-194115 Year 3

Students spend this stage in a partner university on an Erasmus/Socrates exchange or other approved programme of study. The year abroad comprises 120 credits. Assessment is normally based on the credits gained at the partner institution abroad.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits HUM3999Year Abroad120 Year 4

The centre-point of the final year is the dissertation. This provides you with the opportunity to explore an area of interest and to demonstrate what you have learned over the previous years of your degree. You will also take up to three other specialist modules to create a programme of work fully reflecting your interests.

Pathway A: students take CEH3040, Interdisciplinary Dissertation; 60 credits from the list of English level 3 modules; and 30 credits from the choice of History level 3 modules.

Pathway B: students take CEH3040 Interdisciplinary Dissertation; 30 credits from the list of English modules; and 60 credits from the choice of History modules.

Compulsory modules CodeModuleCredits CEH3040Interdisciplinary Third-Year Dissertation in English and History 30 Optional modules CodeModuleCredits English TRU3002Witchcraft, Magic and Gender in Literature 30 TRU3018Women's Writing: Romantic to Modern 30 TRU3024The Gothic 30 TRU3025Tolkien: Scholar, Critic, Writer 30 TRU3028Literature, Culture, and Crisis in Early Modern England 30 TRU3029Sex, Scandal and Sensation in Victorian Literature 30 TRU3035'Great Hatred, Little Room': Irish and Scottish literature, 1800-193930 TRU3036Inventing the Body30 TRU3038Decadence and the Birth of Modernism30 TRU3039British Children's Literature30 TRU3040Revenge30 TRU3041Short Fiction30 History HIC3300Britain and the Telecommunications Revolution30 HIC3301The First World War: Interrogating the Myths30 HIC3303The Three Klans: Ethno-Politics in the 19th and 20th Century US30 HIC3306Thatcher and Thatcherism30 HIC3311Indigenous History, Colonialism and Identity in Western Canada30 HIC3508Celtics Politics since 1880: 4 Celtic Nations30 Full module descriptions

For full module descriptions please visit the English website and the History website.