English Literature and Philosophy (Placement Year) : BA Hons : QV34

Lancaster University

Bachelor's degree

In Lancaster

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Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Location

    Lancaster

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Your degree is taught jointly by Lancaster’s Philosophy Department and our English Literature and Creative Writing Department.

You’ll start your degree with courses including English Literature and Introduction to Philosophy. As you progress, the scheme allows you to specialise according to your own interests and strengths, with a selection of second and third-year English Literature modules and options such as The Theory and Practice of Criticism; Literature and Film; Shakespeare; History of Philosophy; Philosophy of the Mind; and Philosophy of Science.

During the placement year you will remain a Lancaster University student which means that you will still be eligible for a student loan, have access to facilities such as the library and receive discounts on transport and council tax. Your tuition fee will be reduced to 20% during the placement year.

The placement will enhance your understanding of the connections between theory and practice and this will benefit your final year of study. This is an exciting opportunity to build up experience and transferable skills, as well as to make contacts with potential employers which will place you a step ahead in the graduate recruitment market.

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Lancaster (Lancashire)
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Lancaster University, LA1 4YW

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About this course

You’ll learn how philosophical perspectives can be applied fruitfully to literature and your literary studies will elucidate the narrative structures and cultural functions of Philosophy. You’ll take various approaches to English and other literatures by diverse authors and will look at both the history of and contemporary debates in Philosophy.

You will have the opportunity to spend Year 3 on placement with a public, private or voluntary organisation in the UK or overseas. This experience will boost your employment prospects and will help you to decide on your career direction and the kind of organisation in which you want to work once you graduate. You will be doing a real, responsible job – with all the satisfaction that brings. Our Placements Team will support you in finding and applying for a suitable placement that will support your professional development. Applying for a placement is a competitive process and the preparatory modules you will complete in years one and two are designed to give you the best chance of success in your placement applications. You will also be provided with dedicated workshops, 1:1 appointments with careers professionals as well as opportunities to speak with employers here on campus.

A Philosophy degree from Lancaster teaches you to analyse problems from a multi-dimensional perspective, encouraging you to approach issues creatively and with an enquiring mind. Your study of Philosophy and Literature will also cultivate a wide range of interpersonal and communication skills that are highly valued by employers. All this will stand you in good stead for careers involving analysis, assessment and the weighing-up of arguments.

Many of our graduates go on to careers traditionally associated with English and creative writing, such as publishing and the media, teaching and librarianship. Others find roles in business, administration and professional services, where their skills of self-expression and critical understanding of complex information are equally valued.

A number of our English Literature and Philosophy graduates regularly go on to take higher degrees, at Lancaster or another institution.

A Level AAB

Required Subjects A level English Literature or A level English Language and Literature grade A

IELTS 6.5 overall with at least 5.5 in each component.

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Subjects

  • Philosophy
  • Creative Writing
  • English
  • Writing
  • English Literature
  • Introduction to Philosophy
  • World Literature
  • British Romanticism
  • Victorian Literature
  • Bible and Literature

Course programme

Many of Lancaster's degree programmes are flexible, offering students the opportunity to cover a wide selection of subject areas to complement their main specialism. You will be able to study a range of modules, some examples of which are listed below.

Year 1

Core

    • English Literature
    • Introduction to Philosophy
    • Placement Preparation

Optional

    • Introduction to Creative Writing
    • World Literature
Year 2

Core

    • The Theory and Practice of Criticism
    • Work Based Learning Preparation

Optional

    • American Literature to 1900
    • British Romanticism
    • Literature, Film, and Media
    • Renaissance to Restoration, English Literature, 1580-1688
    • Victorian Literature
Year 3

Core

    • Work Based Learning Placement

Optional

    • 21st Century Theory: Literature, Culture, Criticism
    • Between the Acts
    • Bible and Literature
    • Contemporary Literature in English
    • Contemporary Middle Eastern Literatures
    • Culture, Heritage and Creative Industries: Work Placement
    • Dissertation Unit
    • Jane Austen
    • Literary Film Adaptations, Hollywood 1939
    • Literature and Religion at the Fin de Siecle
    • Literature and the Visual Arts
    • Modernism towards Postmodernism
    • Monstrous Bodies: Romantic Period Poetry and Prose
    • Performing Death, Desire and Gender
    • Premodern Gothic
    • Public and Private Performances of Self in Medieval Literature and Drama
    • Schools Volunteering Project
    • Science Fiction in Literature and Film
    • Shakespeare
    • The Break-Through Book: Five Twentieth-century Poets
    • The Byron-Shelley Circle
    • Thinking Through Twenty-First Century World Literature and Theory
    • Utopias and Utopianism
    • Victorian Gothic
    • Women Writers of Britain and America

Lancaster University offers a range of programmes, some of which follow a structured study programme, and others which offer the chance for you to devise a more flexible programme. We divide academic study into two sections - Part 1 (Year 1) and Part 2 (Year 2, 3 and sometimes 4). For most programmes Part 1 requires you to study 120 credits spread over at least three modules which, depending upon your programme, will be drawn from one, two or three different academic subjects. A higher degree of specialisation then develops in subsequent years.

Information contained on the website with respect to modules is correct at the time of publication, but changes may be necessary, for example as a result of student feedback, Professional Statutory and Regulatory Bodies' (PSRB) requirements, staff changes, and new research.

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