English and Social Policy

Leeds University Business School

Postgraduate

In Leeds

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Description

  • Type

    Postgraduate

  • Location

    Leeds

  • Start date

    Different dates available

This prestigious degree allows you to explore the full range of poetry, prose and drama in English, from Old English and medieval literature to contemporary writing from around the world. Core modules will give you a thorough grounding in the development of literature in English over time, while optional modules enable you to develop specialist knowledge of topics that interest you. From Arthurian legends or Shakespeare to postcolonial fiction, there’s plenty of variety to choose from.
From globalisation to crime, drug policy, disability studies and ethnicity, Social Policy allows you to explore how social, historical, cultural and political influences have shaped welfare and the welfare state. You’ll combine core modules introducing you to key issues in contemporary welfare such as social division and welfare dependency with a wide range of optional modules, offering you the chance to focus on your own interests.
The world class Brotherton Library holds a wide variety of manuscript, archive and early printed material in its Special Collections– valuable assets for your independent research. Our additional library resources are also excellent, and the University Library offers a comprehensive training programme to help you make the most of them.

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Leeds (North Yorkshire)
Maurice Keyworth Building, The University Of Leeds, LS2 9JT

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About this course

Entry requirements
A-level: AAB including A in English excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking
including A in English (Literature, Language or Language and Literature), excluding General Studies.
GCSE: Grade 4/C in Mathematics
Other course specific tests:.
Where an applicant is taking the EPQ in a relevant subject this might be considered alongside other Level 3 qualifications and may attract an alternative offer in addition to the standard offer Highers (Leaving Certificate)
Scottish Highers / Advanced Highers
Welsh Baccalaureate
Other Qualifications


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Subjects

  • Interpretation
  • Social Policy
  • English
  • Drama
  • University
  • Poetry
  • Prose
  • Shakespeare

Course programme

A joint honours degree allows you to study the same core topics as students on each single honours course, but you’ll take fewer optional and discovery modules so you can fit in both subjects. You’ll also undertake a major research project in either subject in your final year.

English

In your first year you’ll choose from core modules exploring poetry, prose and drama through time. You may have the chance to study optional modules in English or discovery modules from across the University. Over the next two years you’ll develop your knowledge and skills through a choice of core modules focusing on different literary periods from the medieval period to today. We offer an exceptionally wide range of optional modules, enabling you to specialise in the periods, regions, genres, or themes that interest you most.

Social Policy

Core modules in your first year will give you an understanding of the social, political, economic and cultural influences that have shaped the welfare state since the 1940s, as well as some of the key debates surrounding welfare today. In the following year, you’ll continue to study some of the major issues in social policy, as well as choosing from optional modules on topics such as urban disorders, crime and the law. In your final year you’ll also shape your studies to suit your interests through a wider range of optional modules.

Course structure

These are typical modules/components studied and may change from time to time. Read more in our Terms and conditions.

Modules Year 1

Compulsory modules

  • Studying and Researching English 5 credits
  • Foundations of English Studies 20 credits
  • Identities, Inequalities and Policy in Contemporary Society 20 credits
  • Social Policy: Poor Laws to the Present 20 credits
Optional modules
  • Prose: Reading and Interpretation 20 credits
  • Poetry: Reading and Interpretation 20 credits
  • Drama: Reading and Interpretation 20 credits

Year 2

Compulsory modules

  • Key Debates in Social Policy 20 credits
Optional modules
  • Language in Society 20 credits
  • Medieval Literature 20 credits
  • Eighteenth Century Literature 20 credits
  • Literature of the Romantic Period 20 credits
  • Renaissance Literature 20 credits
  • Shakespeare and Global Cinema 20 credits
  • African American Narrative: Eight Major Works 20 credits
  • Dialect and Heritage 20 credits
  • Crime Fiction Stylistics: Crossing Languages, Cultures, Media 20 credits
  • Victorian Literature 20 credits
  • American Words, American Worlds, 1900-Present 20 credits
  • Crime, Law and Regulation 20 credits
  • The Sociology of Gender 20 credits
  • Health and Society 20 credits
  • Racism, ethnicity, migration and decolonial studies 20 credits
  • Urban Disorders, Social Divisions and Social Control

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