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B.A. Philosophy with English Literature Full-time
Year: 3
2025/26 Session
The University’s Enhanced Curriculum Framework permits students registered to Joint degrees to vary their credit weighting in their second and final year. A minimum of 40 credits and a maximum of 80 credits must be taken in each discipline in both years (subject to a total number of 120 credits in each year). Students who complete less than 160 credits in one of their disciplines will graduate with a major/minor degree.
Students choose 80 credits in Philosophy and/or in English Literature. The lists below are indicative. Students must choose a 40-credit Dissertation. Students choose 80-credits of optional modules.
Students must take a minimum of 40-credits in Philosophy and a minimum of 40-credits in English Literature.
Students may take a Professional Skills Module in place of 20-credits of optional modules in semester 1.
It is not permitted to only take a Dissertation in one subject. Students must take 40-credits of optional modules in each semester.
Students taking 80 credits in English Literature and 40 credits in Philosophy English Literature: 40 credit English Literature Dissertation, one semester 1 option from either Block A or Block B and one semester 2 option from either Block C or Block D Philosophy: one semester 1 option and 1 semester 2 option
Students taking 60 credits in English Literature and 60 credits in Philosophy: EITHER English Literature: 40 credit English Literature Dissertation and one semester 1 option from either Block A or Block B Philosophy: one semester 1 option and two semester 2 options OR English Literature: 40 credit English Literature Dissertation and one semester 2 option from either Block C or Block D Philosophy: two semester 1 options and one semester 2 option OR English Literature: one semester 1 option from Block A, one semester 1 option from Block B and one semester 2 option from either Block C or Block D Philosophy: 40 credit Philosophy dissertation and one semester 2 option OR English Literature: one semester 1 option from either Block A or Block B, one semester 2 option from Block C and one semester 2 option from Block D Philosophy: 40 credit Philosophy dissertation and one semester 1 option
Students taking 40 credits in English Literature and 80 credits in Philosophy: English Literature: one semester 1 option from either Block A or Block B and one semester 2 option from either Block C or Block D Philosophy: 40 credit Philosophy dissertation, one semester 1 option and one semester 2 option.
English Literature Special Subjects (it is not possible to take more than one English Literature Special Subject from a particular block)
Students may also apply to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H. If successful this will be taken in place of one of their semester 1 taught modules. 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 who undertook a Professional Skills module at level I will not be able to undertake a Professional Skills module at level H.