BA (Hons) English

Overview

The BA (Hons) English degree prepares students for a wide range of career choices including English education, journalism and marketing. This degree gives students the opportunity to study English language and literature while developing transferable skills in communication and creative and professional writing.

First year students learn to analyze, evaluate and write about a variety of print, multimedia and digital texts. In the second year students explore critical approaches to literature and language and can choose modules on learning language, fiction, poetry, drama and creative writing. Final year students undertake independent research on a chosen topic and can embark on a professional practice module in education or professional writing, alongside modules in subjects, such as intercultural communication, autobiography and scriptwriting.

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is how our students rated the teaching in the English course (The Guardian University Guide 2013: League Table for English).

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Content and Modules

Students on the BA (Hons) English degree take six twelve-week modules at each level, generally three in each semester. The Dissertation in English is a year-long 40 credit module. Mandatory modules are in bold. 

First year modules include:

• Textual Studies in English 1
• Textual Studies in English 2
• Language Analysis
• Reading and Writing Poetry
• Exploring Drama
• Contemporary Fiction

Second year modules include:

• Critical Theory
• Critical Language Studies
• Romanticism
• The Short Story (creative writing)
• Seventeenth Century Poetry
• Learning English
• Drama: Realism and Beyond
• Shakespeare
• Modernism 

Third year modules include:

• Dissertation in English
• Autobiography 
• Intercultural Communication
• Digital Textuality
• Scriptwriting
• English Education Practice
• Professional Writing Practice

• Read the full Programme Specification for this course here:
  Programme Specification

Further Information

What is included in your tuition fees

At UCS your tuition fees provide access to all the teaching and learning facilities that you would expect. However, there may be additional costs associated with your course that you will need to budget for. Read full details of the included and additional costs for  BA (Hons) English.|   Please note, UCS reserves the right to change this information as and when required.