Programme Requirements for 2025/26 Session


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B.A. English Literature with Language Full-time

Year: 3
2025/26 Session

Students must choose one of the following independent study modules:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Dissertation in English Literature 09 27043 40 Full Term
LH Joint Honours Link Dissertation 09 27505 40 Full Term
LH Language Dissertation 09 26703 40 Full Term

Students may choose one of the following module combinations

Choice 1: 60 credits in English Language and 60 credits in English Literature
Option A: Language Dissertation, one English Language module, three English Literature modules
Option B: English Literature Dissertation, one English Literature module, three English Language modules
Option C: Link Dissertation, two English Literature modules, two English Language modules

Choice 2: 80 credits in English Literature and 40 credits in English Literature
Option D: English Literature Dissertation, two English Literature modules, two English Language modules

Choice 3: 80 credits in English Language and 40 credits in English Literature
Option E: Language Dissertation, two English Language modules, two English Literature modules



Students must take two modules in each semester

It is only possible to take one English Literature module from any particular block of modules

Students must complete a minimum of 40 credits in both English Language and English Literature

Students must take at least one option in the discipline in which they are completing independent study.

English Language:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH AI in Linguistics and Digital Media 09 39975 20 Semester 2
LH Authorship Analysis 09 30672 20 Semester 2
LH Business Discourse and Communication 09 31805 20 Semester 2
LH Discourse and Society 09 19622 20 Semester 1
LH English Language Teaching 09 19606 20 Semester 1
LH Exploring Linguistic Diversity 09 28649 20 Semester 1
LH Inclusive Media and Communication 09 40755 20 Semester 1
LH Language Change 09 29697 20 Semester 2
LH Phraseology 09 29572 20 Semester 1

Block A

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Fantasy and fandom: writing back to the medieval in modern fantasy 09 22837 20 Semester 1
LH Interactivity: The Theory and Practice of Getting Stuck In 09 37899 20 Semester 1
LH Last Year's Novels 09 26673 20 Semester 1
LH Paradise Lost: Text and context 09 21681 20 Semester 1
LH Remembering World War One 09 26674 20 Semester 1
LH The Art of Translation 09 32243 20 Semester 1
LH Victorian Drama: Realism and Sensation, from Factory Lads to Fallen Women 09 41183 20 Semester 1

Block B:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Boring Beyond Belief?: Uncreative Writing 09 38978 20 Semester 1
LH Bringing Out the Bodies: Technology, Transhumans and Skin 09 27598 20 Semester 1
LH British Popular Romance 09 39934 20 Semester 1
LH Elizabeth I and her Poets 09 30616 20 Semester 1
LH Literary Ecologies: Environmental Crisis in American Writing 09 39959 20 Semester 1
LH Multiple Voices: New York City Poetics, 1960-1985 09 30635 20 Semester 1
LH Writing/Painting 09 37839 20 Semester 1

Block C:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Decoding Pop Culture 09 37089 20 Semester 2
LH From Plato to the Postmodern: Theories of Literature and Art 09 29643 20 Semester 2
LH Hidden Romanticism 09 36982 20 Semester 2
LH Islamophobia and the Novel 09 30677 20 Semester 2
LH Jane Austen’s Fiction 09 39772 20 Semester 2
LH Orwell's Books: Writing Politics, Resisting Tyranny 09 32236 20 Semester 2

Block D:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Bedtime Stories: Reading Children’s Picture Books 09 37165 20 Semester 2
LH Daphne du Maurier: Horror, Romance & Obsession 09 39133 20 Semester 2
LH Politics and Terror in the Age of Revolutions 09 27596 20 Semester 2
LH Shakespeare's Tragedies 09 26835 20 Semester 2
LH Single Author: Virginia Woolf 09 37163 20 Semester 2
LH The Figure of the Witch: Witch Writings c. 1400-1700 09 37352 20 Semester 2

Students may also apply to undertake a placement module in their final year. If successful, they will take this module in place of one of their semester 1 options. The placement can be taken either during the summer vacation (part-time or full-time) or during semester 1 (part-time only). The placement must be completed prior to the Christmas vacation.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LH Professional Skills 09 36876 20 Semester 1
LH Professional Skills - Freelance 09 37013 20 Semester 1