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English with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

Bachelor's degree

Online

Price on request

Description

  • Type

    Bachelor's degree

  • Methodology

    Online

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Online campus

    Yes

  • Delivery of study materials

    Yes

  • Support service

    Yes

  • Virtual classes

    Yes

In 1821 Percy Bysshe Shelley wrote that ‘poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world’. A century on, Ezra Pound described artists as the ‘antennae of the race’. Literature is provocative, challenging, unsettling and transformational; it exposes us to new perspectives and undermines existing certainties. At the University of Derby, we believe that the study of literature should do this too.

Choose our foundation year route if you want to strengthen your knowledge and skills before you progress to stage one of the BA (Hons) English degree
This degree will change the way that you think: you will encounter a wide range of literature from across the globe, studied in the context of perspective-altering theories concerning identity, desire, cultural politics and the nature of reality itself.
You will explore fascinating aspects of the subject, including classical myth, the evolution of fantasy, the representation of crime, the legacy of Empire, cultural politics, existentialist writing, blasphemy and censorship.
The course equips you with the skills and knowledge you need for excellent career prospects in fields ranging from teaching, journalism and publishing to acting and arts administration.
Our teaching team is made up of experts who are passionate about the subject and dedicated to your success: in the latest National Student Survey, 95% of students praised our staff for the quality of their teaching.
There is the opportunity to broaden your experience with work-based learning projects, study visits to cultural and heritage institutions, as well as lectures and seminars conducted by of guest speakers
Our assessment strategy is designed to produce confident, articulate and independent graduates. As well as essays, you will be assessed on your participation in seminars and your ability to lead them.

About this course


You will be equipped with the skills and knowledge you need to give you excellent career prospects when you graduate. There are exciting opportunities in fields such as teaching, publishing, journalism, librarianship and arts administration, as well as roles in art galleries, media centres and museums.

GCSE Maths and English are preferred, however if you don't have these qualifications you will be able to undertake Maths and English at L2 as part of your course of study.

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Subjects

  • Politics
  • Teaching
  • English
  • Joint
  • Project
  • Project Manager
  • Project Management
  • Creative
  • Creative Writing
  • Literature
  • History
  • Political
  • Political Philosophy

Course programme

What you will study

You will study modules such as:

Foundation year
  • Study skills
  • Creative Project
  • Culture and Ideas
  • History
  • Literature
  • Political Studies
If you don’t have either English or Maths GCSE, you will need to substitute one or two of the above for a module in English and/or Maths.

Stage one
  • Theorising Literature and Meaning (PDP)
  • Enlightenment Literature
  • Love and Loss in the English Lyric
  • Mutants and Monsters: Interpreting Fantasy
  • Shakespeare and Early Modernity
  • World Literatures in English
Stage two
  • Literature, Identity and the Real
  • Literature in Society: The English Conference (PDP)
  • Nineteenth-Century Realism: Conscience and Context
  • Milton and the Metaphysicals: Seventeenth-Century Literature
  • Modernism
  • Poetry and Revolution in the British Romantic Period
  • Theatricality and Madness
  • Contemporary Issues in the Cultural and Creative Industries
  • Introduction to the Teaching of English Language and Literature
Stage three
  • Independent Study (PDP)
  • Work-Based Learning
  • After the Modern: Existentialism and Postmodernism
  • The Art of Crime
  • Tragedy
  • Colonialism and Independence
  • Eighteenth-Century Literature: Terror, Wit and Letters of Love
  • Gender and Identity in Contemporary Literature
  • Modern and Contemporary Poetry
  • Riots and Rebels: Studies in Intercultural Drama
  • Preparing to Teach English Language and Literature

Additional information

UK/EU fee
£9,250 per year (2020/21)

International fee
£14,045 per year (2020/21)

English with Foundation Year BA (Hons)

Price on request