English Language and Literature
UCAS Code: QQ32
Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
104 UCAS points at A2. English or related subject required.
106 UCAS points. English or related subject required.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
5 GCSEs at Grade C/4 or above including Maths and English or equivalent. Equivalent qualifications are Functional Skills Level 2 in Maths and English or Level 3 Key Skills in Maths and Communication.
Pass IB Diploma including 104 UCAS points from Higher Level subjects, including English or related subject.
104 UCAS points. English or related subject required.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
English or related subject required.
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
English or related subject required.
104 UCAS points. English or related subject required.
104 UCAS points. English or related subject required.
UCAS Tariff
English or related subject required.
About this course
Explore and analyse the relationship between language and the development of literature as you work with a range of materials, including classic literary texts and popular media texts such as adverts, describing, analysing and interpreting data, developing great skills for the workplace. You’ll develop skills relevant to a wide variety of careers; your skills of analysis and interpretation, your communicative skills (oral and written), and your ability to construct a coherent argument will all be enhanced through your study of these subjects. This degree is particularly useful if you are intending to teach English at secondary level, where it is increasingly vital for you to demonstrate knowledge of both language and literature.
Graduates will be suited for a wide range of employment sectors, in professional and graduate training programmes, further education (to train on graduate programmes in, for example, law, education, and accountancy), the public services, particularly local councils, and retail/service industries. The programme is particularly useful if you are intending to teach English at secondary level, where it is increasingly vital for you to demonstrate knowledge of both language and literature.
Modules
Year 1: Reading Texts: Literary Theory (20 credits), English Language Workshop (20 credits), Introduction to Renaissance Literature (20 credits), Introduction to English Syntax & Phonology, Introduction to English Language and Linguistics, and an elective from our extensive catalogue
Year 2: Comparative Literature (20 Credits), The English Language Workshop II, Either/or, Restoration to Revolution: Literary Culture 1660-1789 (20 Credits), Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century (20 Credits), You’ll also take an additional module from our suite of options, And an elective from another subject
Year 3: Compulsory modules are; English Literature Dissertation (40 Credits) OR English Language Dissertation (40 credits), Modern and Contemporary Literature (20 Credits), and you also take an additional 60 credits (generally three modules of 20 credits each) from our suite of options.
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