English and Philosophy - BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Nottingham

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Nottingham

  • Duration

    3 Years

It enables you to shape your study according to your strengths, interests and career ambitions. Combining two subjects can give your degree an international or industry perspective that will make you stand out in the graduate employment market.

Our course combinations are designed so that what you learn in one subject will complement and enhance what you learn in the other. In your final year you can choose either to split your time evenly between your two subjects, or to specialise in one. Our flexible curriculum has been designed to create some amazing opportunities for you too. Your second year of study is divided into two semesters that enables you to take part in optional work placements or go on international exchange.

By choosing Philosophy and English you’ll enjoy the freedom to choose from wide range of optional modules, depending on your own preferences and interests. By combining these two subjects, you’ll develop strong skills in critical thinking and conceptual analysis which will enhance your appreciation and understanding of literary texts.

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Start date

Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)
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Start date

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About this course

This is a major part of the curriculum. Key transferable skills are emphasised and there are opportunities to develop links with organisations and potential employers. Joint honours courses develop a wide range of skills. These include written and oral communication skills, critical analysis and a variety of IT skills. But you’ll also become more self-motivated, be able to work independently and in teams, and develop excellent time management skills.

Philosophy and English graduates have gone on to forge successful careers both within large, well known organisations and the small to medium sized companies that constitute much of the UK economy. Recent graduate roles have included:
law;
publishing;
marketing;
PR;
retail; and
finance.

104 UCAS tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent)
GCSEs - English and Maths grade C / 4.
If you are unsure whether the qualifications you have, or are currently studying for, meet the minimum entry requirements for this course, please contact us before submitting an application through UCAS.

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Subjects

  • Philosophy
  • English
  • International
  • Writing
  • Culture
  • Renaissance Literature
  • Psychoanalysis
  • Childhood
  • Contexts and Theory
  • Technology

Course programme

Year One
  • Applied Philosophy I
  • Philosophy: Thinkers and Themes
  • Foundations in Literary Studies
  • American Literature: Writing Self and Nation
Year Two
  • Contemporary Philosophy: Philosophy in the 20th Century
  • Culture and Anarchy
  • Humanities at work
Philosophy optional modules
  • Applied Philosophy II
  • Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion
  • Philosophy, Technology and Innovation
  • Philosophy and Media
  • The Philosophy of Time
English optional modules
  • Renaissance Literature, 1485-1660: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries
  • British Women Writers between the Wars (1918-1939)
  • Romantic Revolutions 1780-1851
  • Writing Works
  • American Topics
  • Literature and Psychoanalysis
  • Voices and Visions
Year Three
  • Dissertation
  • The Creative Writing DIssertation
  • English and Creative Industries Project
Philosophy optional modules
  • Wittgenstein and Heidegger
  • Reasons for Action
  • Contemporary Metaphysics
  • Contemporary French Philosophy
  • Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
  • Advanced Topics in Applied Philosophy
  • World Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Film
  • Social and Political Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Childhood
English optional modules
  • Early Modern Poetry and Prose
  • American Specialisms
  • Reading Gender and Sexuality
  • Postcolonial Texts: Narratives of Liberation
  • Travel Writing: Texts, Contexts and Theory
  • Gothic Rebels and Reactionaries
  • Literature in Theory: Writing, Technology, and the World
  • Modernism and Modernity
  • Nuclear Literature

English and Philosophy - BA (Hons)

Price on request