English - BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

In Nottingham

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Nottingham

  • Duration

    4 Years

Throughout the ages, the written word has been a powerful force for political action, historical documentary, creative expression and transformation. At NTU, we share your passion for English, and this stimulating degree is designed to enhance, interrogate and challenge your understanding, while also developing your talents and strengths.

English at NTU offers you an exciting opportunity to explore literary studies from the traditional to the contemporary. From Shakespeare to American Literature, through to travel writing and modern poetry, our English degree has been designed to give you the skills and knowledge for a successful career.

The course is extremely flexible, offering a broad range of optional modules that allow you to pursue your passions and interests. It combines aspects of a traditional degree course in English with elements that are at the cutting-edge of English literary studies today. Importantly, throughout the course you will develop a wide range of transferable skills that are highly valued by employers.

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Location

Start date

Nottingham (Nottinghamshire)
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Start date

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About this course

Graduates have gone on to develop their careers within large well known organisations (such as Marks & Spencer, BBC etc.) and many graduates are forging successful careers in small to medium sized companies, reflecting the nature of the UK economy.

Graduate roles include:

publishing
marketing
PR
retail and finance
recruitment.

112 UCAS tariff points from up to four qualifications (two of which must be A-level equivalent including A-level English grade C)
GCSE 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

  • English
  • Writing
  • Poetry
  • Literature
  • Culture
  • Dissertation
  • Project
  • Technology
  • Professional
  • Quantitative

Course programme

Year One
  • Foundations in Literary Studies
  • Arguing About English
  • American Literature: Writing Self and Nation
  • The Book Group: Reading Texts in Small Groups and Curating Nottingham: Introduction to Professional Writing
Year Two
  • Culture and Anarchy
  • Literary Cultures 1 OR Literary Cultures 2
  • Renaissance Literature 1485-1660: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries
  • Romantic Revolutions 1780-1851
  • The Anthology
  • American Topics
  • British Women Writers between the Wars (1918-1939)
  • Black Writing in Britain
  • Literature in Theory
  • Writing Works
  • Voices and Visions
Year Three
  • Dissertation
  • The Creative Writing Dissertation
  • English and Creative Industries Project
  • Literature in Theory: Writing, Technology and the World
  • Early Modern Poetry and Prose
  • Gothic Rebels and Reactionaries
  • Reading Gender and Sexuality
  • American Specialisms
  • Post-Colonial Texts: Narratives of Liberation
  • Travel Writing: Text, Contexts and Theory
  • Modernism and Modernity

English - BA (Hons)

Price on request