English Literature/Education Studies
UCAS Code: X300
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
B in English Literature or B in English Language
12 x Level 3 credits in English
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE English - 5 2 x GCSE Grade 4, normally to include Maths
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
English Higher Level - Grade 5
UCAS Tariff
English Literature or English Language required
About this course
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This is a combined course, where you study English Literature alongside Education Studies. This programme offers the opportunity to study an exciting range of modules, blending the study of classic texts and literary traditions with current theoretical models for understanding literature as a dynamic, global phenomenon. Our course is renowned for its inspirational teaching and research excellence. In the 2013 National Student Survey (Source: Unistats), 93 per cent of students agreed that staff had made the subject interesting. The course also provides you with a broad and balanced knowledge and understanding of the principal features of education in a wide range of contexts. It encourages you to engage with fundamental questions concerning the aims and values of education and its relationship to societies and to participate in current debates relevant to education.
Modules
In Year 1 modules include Culture, Criticism and Literature, World Literature, Critical Theory, Shakespeare, Exploring Learning, Education in a World of Change, and Education and Childhood through Film and Literature. In Year 2 core modules include American Literature and Culture, The Literature of Space, The Novel and Modernity, and Culture, Crime and Transgression, Core Texts in Education, Children and the Media, and Literature for Young Children. Final year specialist optional modules offer intensive, small-group teaching, with titles including Becoming a Reader, Education in International Development, and Controversial Issues in Education. You will also take either the Contemporary Literature (Synoptic) module or the Dissertation Module, working one-to-one with a specialist lecturer.
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What do graduate employment figures really tell you?When you look at employment stats, bear in mind that a lot of students are already working in education when they take this type of course and are studying to help their career development. This means they already have jobs when they start their course, and a lot of graduates continue to study, whilst working, when they complete their courses. If your course is focused on nursery or early years education, a lot of these graduates go into nursery work or classroom or education assistant jobs; these jobs are not currently classed as 'graduate level' in the stats (although they may well be in the future as classifications catch up with changes in the way we work), and many graduates who enter these roles say that a degree was necessary.
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