Programme Requirements for 2023/24 Session


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B.A. English and History Full-time

Year: 2
2023/24 Session

The following must be taken

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Group Research 09 23513 20 Semester 2

Students choose from a range of Semester 1 options which vary from year to year. The following is an indicative list:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Media in Practice 09 37869 20 Semester 1
LI Option: Confronting Colonialism: Histories of Empire in India and Ireland 09 38815 20 Semester 1
LI Option: Feminisms and the women’s movement in modern Britain: From suffragists to ladettes 09 38260 20 Semester 1
LI Option: In Search of Wealth and Power: China since 1800 09 38817 20 Semester 1
LI Option: Mass Culture and the Modern United States, 1877-1939 09 38818 20 Semester 1
LI Option: Pandora’s Box: Europe and the First World War, 1900-1930 09 38265 20 Semester 1
LI Option: Society in the Viking World c.800-c.1100 09 38268 20 Semester 1
LI Option: Tudor Terrors: inner worlds, hidden worlds, new worlds 09 38272 20 Semester 1

With the approval of the programme leader students may also take an approved module or modules offered by the Department of History or a School or Department other than History

Students wishing to take 80 credits in History also choose 20 credits from the following:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI History in Theory & Practice A 09 33715 10 Semester 2
LI History in Theory & Practice B 09 33720 10 Semester 1
LI Research Methods A 09 33726 10 Semester 1
LI Research Methods B 09 33727 10 Semester 2

Students who chose 80 credits in History may take two modules from those just listed above, or may take instead a Semester 2 option. The following is an indicative list:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Option: American Empire: The United States and the World 09 38257 20 Semester 2
LI Option: Crusading Societies in Medieval Europe 09 38816 20 Semester 2
LI Option: In the Eye of the Storm: Europe & the Second World War, 1930-1960 09 38259 20 Semester 2
LI Option: Rebellious Women and the Latin American Nation 09 38819 20 Semester 2
LI Option: State and Empire in the Early Modern World, 1400-1800 09 38269 20 Semester 2
LI Option: The Global Cold War 09 38261 20 Semester 2
LI Option: ‘There is Black in the Union Jack’: An Introduction to Black and South Asian British History 09 38271 20 Semester 2

With the approval of the programme leader students may also take an approved module or modules offered by a School or Department other than History.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
Atlantic Slavery: West Africa and the Caribbean 09 22695 20 Semester 2

Students may also apply to undertake a Professional Skills module at level I. If successful this will be taken in place of 20 credits of taught modules. The credits to be dropped will be discussed with the programme convenor. 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.
Students undertaking a Professional Skills module at level I will not be able to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Professional Skills 09 36839 20 Semester 1
LI Professional Skills – Freelance 09 37012 20 Semester 1
LI Sustainable Development: Climate, Culture, Society and Policy 09 37673 20 Semester 1

English Language Pathway .

For students taking 80 credits in English Language, the following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI English Grammar 09 28743 10 Semester 1
LI Professional Research Skills for Linguists A 09 33889 10 Semester 1
LI Professional Research Skills for Linguists B 09 33891 10 Semester 2
LI English Phonetics and Phonology 09 34881 10 Semester 2

For students taking 60 credits in English Language, the following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI English Grammar 09 28743 10 Semester 1
LI English Phonetics and Phonology 09 34881 10 Semester 2

All students should choose two English Language modules (40 credits) from the list of options available irrespective of whether they are studying 40, 60 or 80 credits in English Language. An indicative list of options is provided below.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Corpus Linguistics 09 29974 20 Semester 2
LI Discourse Analysis 09 27753 20 Semester 1
LI History of the English Language 09 22445 20 Semester 1
LI Language Acquisition and Literacy 09 26651 20 Semester 1
LI Psycholinguistics 09 27523 20 Semester 2
LI Sociolinguistics 09 26680 20 Semester 2