English 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’s undergraduate English literature course invites you to engage with literature and culture, and to explore how they interact. Through the course you’ll develop the high-level transferable skills, including excellent written communication, that employers associate with graduates in English.

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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: be asked to achieve UCAS Tariff...

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Subjects

  • Poetry
  • Humanities
  • Writing
  • International
  • English

Course programme

Introduction to Literary Studies (Core,20 Credits) Representing the US: From Slavery to Terrorism (Core,20 Credits) Reading Poetry (Core,20 Credits) Concepts in Criticism and Culture (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) Working with our Cultural Heritage (Optional,20 Credits) Early Modern Cultures (Core,20 Credits) Modernism and Modernity (Core,20 Credits) Geneses of English Literature (Optional,20 Credits) Poetry: Tradition and Experiment (Optional,20 Credits) Tragedy (Optional,20 Credits) Literature and Adaptation (Optional,20 Credits) Introduction to Creative Writing (Optional,20 Credits) Literary Revolutions, Eighteenth Century to Romanticism (Core,20 Credits) Unilang - Languages for all - Level 5 Placeholder (Optional,20 Credits) Student Tutoring (Optional,20 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 (Core,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) Postwar US Writing (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) 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) Representing the US: From Slavery to Terrorism (Core,20 Credits) Reading Poetry (Core,20 Credits) Concepts in Criticism and Culture (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) Working with our Cultural Heritage (Optional,20 Credits) Early Modern Cultures (Core,20 Credits) Modernism and Modernity (Core,20 Credits) Geneses of English Literature (Optional,20 Credits) Poetry: Tradition and Experiment (Optional,20 Credits) Tragedy (Optional,20 Credits) Literature and Adaptation (Optional,20 Credits) Introduction to Creative Writing (Optional,20 Credits) Literary Revolutions, Eighteenth Century to Romanticism (Core,20 Credits) Unilang - Languages for all - Level 5 Placeholder (Optional,20 Credits) Student Tutoring (Optional,20 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 (Core,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) Postwar US Writing (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) 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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