English Language and Literature BA

Please note: You will take 120 credits of modules in each year of study. The modules listed on the website for this programme are regularly reviewed to ensure they are up-to-date and informed by the latest research and teaching methods. Unless indicated otherwise, the modules listed for this programme are for students starting in 2020. On rare occasions, we may need to make unexpected changes to compulsory modules; in this event we will contact offer holders as soon as possible to inform or consult them as appropriate.

Compulsory modules

• Fundamentals of Language: Sounds and Words
• Fundamentals of Language: Grammar and Discourse
• Investigating Language
• Poetry
• Prose
• Reading English
• English in the World

Detailed descriptions of year 1 compulsory modules

Compulsory modules

• Professional Research Skills for Linguists
• English Language Options
• Histories of Literature
• Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Jacobean or Themes in Literature

Detailed descriptions of year 2 compulsory modules

You can apply to study abroad for a year in an approved university around the world. If you achieve a grade of 2.1 or above in your first year then you will be invited to apply for a Year Abroad in your second year. If your application is successful, you will go abroad in your third year and return to us for your final year. Find out more.

Compulsory modules

• English Language Dissertation or English Literature Dissertation or English Language Investigation and English Literature Extended Essay
• English Language Special Subjects
• English Literature Special Subjects

Detailed descriptions of final year compulsory modules