Programme Requirements for 2022/23 Session


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B.A. English and Film with Year Abroad Full-time

Year: 2
2022/23 Session

The following must be taken:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Aesthetics of Television 09 32261 10 Semester 2
LI American and World Cinema 09 32405 10 Semester 1
LI Film Theory and Criticism 09 32253 20 Semester 1

Students should choose 20 credits of Film options from those available Indicative options are provided below

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Digital and Documentary Filmmaking: The Video Essay 09 29573 20 Semester 2
LI Film Genre 09 32249 20 Semester 2

Students should choose two modules from the Histories of Literature options available, one per semester. Any restrictions relating to which Histories of Literature modules must be taken together will be provided to students during the module allocation process. An indicative list of Histories of Literature options is provided below:

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Decadents and Moderns 09 36227 20 Semester 1
LI Literature 1950-Present 09 36230 20 Semester 2
LI Renaissance Poetry 09 36225 20 Semester 2
LI Restoration and Revolution 09 36228 20 Semester 2
LI Romantics and Victorians 09 36226 20 Semester 1

Students should choose one "Themes in Literature" option from those available (Parts A & B must be taken together) or Shakespeare: Elizabethan and Shakespeare: Jacobean. An indicative list is provided below.

Module Title Code Credits Semester
LI Colonial/Postcolonial A 09 33252 10 Semester 1
LI Colonial/Postcolonial B 09 33254 10 Semester 2
LI Digital Futures A 09 33258 10 Semester 1
LI Digital Futures B 09 33260 10 Semester 2
LI Gender and Sexuality Studies A 09 37157 10 Semester 1
LI Gender and Sexuality Studies B 09 37158 10 Semester 2
LI Public English A 09 33893 10 Semester 1
LI Public English B 09 33894 10 Semester 2
LI Rags and Riches: Wealth and Poverty in American Literature and Culture A 09 33266 10 Semester 1
LI Rags and Riches: Wealth and Poverty in American Literature and Culture B 09 33268 10 Semester 2
LI Shakespeare: Elizabethan 09 33587 10 Semester 1
LI Shakespeare: Jacobean 09 33588 10 Semester 2
LI The Gothic A 09 33274 10 Semester 1
LI The Gothic B 09 33277 10 Semester 2
LI The Uses of Genre: Nefarious Plots, Cheap Thrills, and the Search for Meaning A 09 33589 10 Semester 1
LI The Uses of Genre: Nefarious Plots, Cheap Thrills, and the Search for Meaning B 09 33590 10 Semester 2
LI Tragedy A 09 33279 10 Semester 1
LI Tragedy B 09 33281 10 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