English Language and Literature BA (Hons)

Northumbria University

Bachelor's degree

In Newcastle Upon Tyne

£ 9,250 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Newcastle upon tyne

Northumbria University aspire to help you as you help yourself in becoming a ‘citizen scholar’ who is able to think independently and make your own contribution to the world. As part of this, we ensure that you engage with advanced linguistic concepts and literature from around the world. We also offer options to broaden your experience and cultural sensitivity by studying abroad for a semester in your second year, usually in North America or mainland Europe.

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Location

Start date

Newcastle Upon Tyne (Tyne and Wear)
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Ellison Place, NE1 8ST

Start date

On request

About this course

Entry Requirements 2019/20
Standard Entry
GCSE Requirements:
A good GCSE profile is expected including Maths and English Language at minimum grade C or equivalent.  If you have studied for a new GCSE for which you will be awarded a numerical grade then you will need to achieve a minimum grade 4.
UCAS Tariff Points:
120-128 UCAS Tariff points including one or more of the following:
GCE and VCE Advanced Level:
From at least 2 GCE/VCE A Levels
Edexcel/BTEC National Extended Diploma:
Distinction, Distinction, Merit
Scottish Highers: asked to achieve UCAS Tariff...

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Subjects

  • Humanities
  • Writing
  • International
  • English
  • English Language

Course programme

Introduction to Literary Studies (Core,20 Credits) Understanding English Grammar (Core,20 Credits) Introduction to Language and Literature (Core,20 Credits) Approaches to Language Study (Core,20 Credits) Talking Texts (Core,20 Credits) Gothic Stories: Nineteenth Century to the Present (Core,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad (40 credit) (Optional,40 Credits) Early Modern Cultures (Core,20 Credits) Modernism and Modernity (Core,20 Credits) Language and Society (Core,20 Credits) History of English (Core,20 Credits) Language and Literature (Core,20 Credits) Literary Revolutions, Eighteenth Century to Romanticism (Core,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Work Placement Year (Optional,120 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad Year (Optional,120 Credits) Year in International Business (This is made up of 5 modules studied in Newcastle (Semester 1) & Amsterdam (Semester 2) (Optional,120 Credits) English Dissertation (Optional,40 Credits) Alternative Worlds: Utopian Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares (Optional,20 Credits) Vamps and Virgins: Gothic Sexualities (Optional,20 Credits) Sin, Sex, and Violence: Marlowe in Context (Optional,20 Credits) Romanticism and Childhood (Optional,20 Credits) Neo-Victorianism: Contemporary Literature and Culture (Optional,20 Credits) The Black Atlantic: Literature, Slavery and Race (Optional,20 Credits) Entertaining Satan (Optional,20 Credits) English Language Dissertation (Optional,40 Credits) Second Language Acquisition (Optional,20 Credits) The origins and evolution of language (Optional,20 Credits) Language and Social Disadvantage (Optional,20 Credits) Postwar US Writing (Optional,20 Credits) Language and Meaning (Optional,20 Credits) Twenty First Century Literature: Writing in the Present (Optional,20 Credits) From Jane Austen to Austenland: Representing the Regency in Literature and Film (Optional,20 Credits) Contemporary Genre Fiction (Optional,20 Credits) Forensic Linguistics (Optional,20 Credits) Writing and Environment (Optional,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Introduction to Literary Studies (Core,20 Credits) Understanding English Grammar (Core,20 Credits) Introduction to Language and Literature (Core,20 Credits) Approaches to Language Study (Core,20 Credits) Talking Texts (Core,20 Credits) Gothic Stories: Nineteenth Century to the Present (Core,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad (40 credit) (Optional,40 Credits) Early Modern Cultures (Core,20 Credits) Modernism and Modernity (Core,20 Credits) Language and Society (Core,20 Credits) History of English (Core,20 Credits) Language and Literature (Core,20 Credits) Literary Revolutions, Eighteenth Century to Romanticism (Core,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits) Humanities Work Placement Year (Optional,120 Credits) Humanities Study Abroad Year (Optional,120 Credits) Year in International Business (This is made up of 5 modules studied in Newcastle (Semester 1) & Amsterdam (Semester 2) (Optional,120 Credits) English Dissertation (Optional,40 Credits) Alternative Worlds: Utopian Dreams and Dystopian Nightmares (Optional,20 Credits) Vamps and Virgins: Gothic Sexualities (Optional,20 Credits) Sin, Sex, and Violence: Marlowe in Context (Optional,20 Credits) Romanticism and Childhood (Optional,20 Credits) Neo-Victorianism: Contemporary Literature and Culture (Optional,20 Credits) The Black Atlantic: Literature, Slavery and Race (Optional,20 Credits) Entertaining Satan (Optional,20 Credits) English Language Dissertation (Optional,40 Credits) Second Language Acquisition (Optional,20 Credits) The origins and evolution of language (Optional,20 Credits) Language and Social Disadvantage (Optional,20 Credits) Postwar US Writing (Optional,20 Credits) Language and Meaning (Optional,20 Credits) Twenty First Century Literature: Writing in the Present (Optional,20 Credits) From Jane Austen to Austenland: Representing the Regency in Literature and Film (Optional,20 Credits) Contemporary Genre Fiction (Optional,20 Credits) Forensic Linguistics (Optional,20 Credits) Writing and Environment (Optional,20 Credits) Academic Language Skills for Humanities & Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)

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English Language and Literature BA (Hons)

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