Course summary

• Gain expertise in a wide variety of English topics.
• Learn from an expert team of researchers and practising writers.
• Choose your direction of study and discover the topics that fire your interest the most.
• Team up with professionals and apply your skills in placements and projects.

This is an exciting opportunity to study all three areas of English. You’ll debate a dynamic variety of literary texts, explore the relationship between language and society, and develop your creative voice across a range of genres. If you’re enthusiastic about all areas of English, then this is the course for you.

How you learn

All our courses are designed around a set of key principles based on engaging you with the world, collaborating with others, challenging you to think in new ways, and providing you with a supportive environment in which you can thrive.

Join a friendly and welcoming academic and creative community. You’ll be supported by expert researchers and a distinguished team of practising writers – including poets, novelists and scriptwriters – who all value and nurture your unique insights and perspectives.

As you progress, you can choose to specialise in one of the disciplines or continue to combine all three.

You learn through

• lectures on specialist topics
• critical debates in seminars
• writing workshops
• one-to-one meetings with staff
• group work
• innovative assessments, projects and briefs
• live readings and special events

   Future careers

  By studying English, you’ll develop a range of skills in critical and creative problem-solving. You’ll learn to communicate your ideas persuasively and embrace alternative perspectives. Working to set briefs and deadlines, you’ll also gain practical skills in research, time management and planning.

  This will equip you for a career in a variety of fields:

  • marketing, communications and media
  • publishing, arts and heritage
  • local and regional government
  • the charity sector
  • education
  • social work

 Modules

Module and assessment information for future years is displayed as currently validated and may be liable to change. When selecting electives, your choices will be subject to the core requirements of the course. As a result, selections may be limited to a choice between one of two or more specified electives in some instances.

You will be able to complete a placement year as part of this course. See the modules table below for further information.