English
University of Nottingham
UCAS Code: Q300 | Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)
Entry requirements
A level
including grade A in one of English Language, English Literature. Excluding General Studies, Critical thinking and Citizenship.
Access to HE Diploma
Pass Access to HE Diploma Humanities Pathway with 45 credits at level 3 of which 36 credits must be at Distinction and 9 credits at Merit. 15 level 3 credits must be from English modules and 9 of these English credits must be at Distinction.
Cambridge International Pre-U Certificate - Principal
including Literature in English as principal subject at D3.
Extended Project
If you have already achieved your EPQ at Grade A you will automatically be offered one grade lower in a non-mandatory A level subject. If you are still studying for your EPQ you will receive the standard course offer, with a condition of one grade lower in a non-mandatory A level subject if you achieve an A grade in your EPQ.
GCSE/National 4/National 5
GCSE requirements - English grade C (numeric grade 4)
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
with a minimum of 6 points in English at Higher level.
Mixed qualifications accepted if taking A Level English alongside. D*D in BTEC National Diploma + A in A Level English.
Mixed qualifications accepted if taking A Level English alongside. D in BTEC Subsidiary Diploma or Extended Certificate + AA including A Level English"
Unfortunately we are unable to accept this qualification on its own due to the subject specific requirements at A Level. BTEC National Extended Diploma D*DD + A in A Level English is accepted.
Scottish Advanced Higher
including English with grade A and Scottish Highers AAABB including English with grade A.
Scottish Higher
including English with grade A. This qualification is only acceptable when combined with Advanced Higher grades AA including English.
Welsh Baccalaureate - Advanced Skills Challenge Certificate (first teaching September 2015)
plus grades AA at A level including grade A in English.
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About this course
Think you know English? Think again. At Nottingham, we go beyond a love of books. Our huge choice of optional modules in everything from Vikings to drama means you can explore what you already love, discover new passions, and tailor your degree to what interests you the most.
You’ll build from a starting point in applied linguistics, drama, creative writing, and literature (from medieval to present day), exploring what it is to be human through the historical, cultural and social contexts of a text.
As you might expect, our staff are all prolific readers themselves, and the academic team are made up of published writers, poets and linguists. This means you will be supported by, and learning from, people with real-world publishing experience. And you will be studying in a UNESCO City of Literature, with inspiration never far away.
This course is also available with a Foundation Year. You may also combine English with Creative Writing on our combined honours programme, and with Classics, History, Philosophy, History of Art, French, German, Hispanic Studies or American and Canadian Studies in our joint honours programmes. In addition, English can be studied alongside multiple subjects in our BA Liberal Arts.
Modules
In year one you will study five core modules. Four of these cover the areas of English language, prose, poetry and drama, from the medieval period to the present day. The fifth core module, 'Academic Community', enables you to explore key issues in English and develop important study skills.
In year two you will develop a deeper understanding of the issues and critical approaches across the areas that most interest you. You will choose six modules in at least three of the areas from Literature: 1500 to the present; English Language and Applied Linguistics; Medieval Languages and Literatures; Drama and Performance; and Creative Writing.
As with year two, you will choose six modules from at least three of the named areas. You will also have the opportunity to write a dissertation on a subject of your choosing. This can be on language, literature or performance, or even a project-based dissertation.
Placement and volunteering opportunities are available in the School of English, as well as via the Nottingham Advantage Award. You can also spend time overseas through the University of Nottingham Study Abroad programme.
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English is one of the most popular degree subjects and in 2015, more than 11,000 students graduated with English degrees - although this does represent a fall from recent years. As good communication is so important to modern business, you can find English graduates in all parts of the economy, although obviously, you can't expect to get a job in science or engineering (computing is a different matter - it's not common but good language skills can be useful in the computing industry). There's little difference in outcomes between English language and English literature degrees, so don't worry and choose the one that suits you best. More English grads took another postgraduate course when they finished their degree than grads from any other subject - this is an important option. Teacher training was a common choice of second degree, as was further study of English, and journalism courses. But many English graduates changed course and trained in law, marketing or other languages -or even subjects further afield such as computing, psychology and even nursing. This is a very flexible degree which gives you a lot of options
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