📖Program Curriculum

Compulsory modules include
Code Module Convenor
EN1PE Poetry in English PROF Steven Matthews
EN1RC Research and Criticism DR Nicola Abram
LS1ELS English Language and Society DR Christiana Themistocleous
LS1SG Sounds, Grammar & Meaning PROF Jane Setter
Optional modules include
Code Module Convenor
EN1COMP What is Comparative Literature? DR John McKeane
EN1CW Internationalernationalroduction to Creative Writing PROF Peter Robinson
EN1GC Genre and Context DR Chloe Houston
EN1SL Shelf Life DR John Scholar
EN1TRANS Thinking Translation History and Theory DR Claire Ross
LS1GL Globalization and Language DR Tony Capstick
LS1TAL Techniques and Skills for Applied Linguistics DR Natalia Kampakli
AR1REV Revolutions in Human Behaviour 4 Million Years BC to the Present PROF Steve Mithen
AR1REV10 Revolutions in Human Behaviour 4 Million Years BC to the Present [10 credits] PROF Steve Mithen
CL1GH Greek History war, society, and change in the Archaic Age PROF Amy Smith
CL1SO Ancient Song PROF Ian Rutherford
EC110 The Economics of Climate Change DR Stefania Lovo
FA1MM Modernisms & Mythologies DR Jenny Chamarette
FT1CSS Comedy on Stage and Screen DR Simone Knox
IL1GICC Internationalernationalercultural Competence and Communication MS Joan McCormack
ML1GEC Greats of European Cinema PROF Julia Waters
ML1IL Internationalernationalroduction to Linguistics MR Federico Faloppa
PO1INE Inequality DR Jonathan Golub
PO1IPI Internationalernationalroduction to Political Ideas DR Andrew Reid
PP1RA Reason and Argument DR Jumbly Grindrod
PP1RP Radical Philosophy PROF Maximilian De Gaynesford
PY1IPY Internationalernationalroduction to Psychology DR Katie Barfoot
TY1PRI Printing and printmaking DR Rob Banham
TY1WTF What the font? Making and using typefaces DR Rob Banham

Compulsory modules include
Code Module Convenor
LS2EG English Grammar DR Natalia Kampakli
LS2EP English Phonology PROF Jane Setter
LS2SLG Sociolinguistics DR Christiana Themistocleous
Optional modules include
Code Module Convenor
EN2BB The Business of Books DR Nicola Wilson
EN2CF Contemporary Fiction PROF Bryan Cheyette
EN2CMN Chaucer and Medieval Narrative DR Aisling Byrne
EN2CRI Critical Issues DR Stephen Thomson
EN2CWJ Creative Writing Non-fiction and Long-Form Journalism MS Shelley Harris
EN2CWP Creative Writing Poetry PROF Peter Robinson
EN2CWS Creative Writing The Short Story MS Shelley Harris
EN2MOD Modernism in Poetry and Fiction DR Mark Nixon
EN2OEL Internationalernationalroduction to Old English Literature DR Eleni Ponirakis
EN2RP The Romantic Period DR Matthew Scott
EN2RTC Renaissance Texts and Cultures PROF Michelle O'Callaghan
EN2SH Shakespeare PROF Lucinda Becker
EN2VIC Victorian Literature DR Lucy Bending
EN2WA Writing America DR Sue Walsh
EN2WGI Writing, Gender, Identity DR Cato Marks
EN2WPS Writing in the Public Sphere DR Mary Morrissey
LS2ANS Analysing Speech PROF Jane Setter
LS2DAN Discourse Analysis DR Diana Ben-Aaron
LS2LAG Language and Gender DR Christiana Themistocleous
LS2LAM Language and the Mind DR Fraibet Aveledo
LS2LAT Internationalernationalroduction to English Language Teaching MRS Suzanne Portch
LS2LLE Literature, Language and Education MRS Suzanne Portch
LS2LNM Language and New Media PROF Rodney Jones

Compulsory modules include
Code Module Convenor
LS3LPC Language in Professional Communication DR Sylvia Jaworska
Optional modules include
Code Module Convenor
EN3AGN American Graphic Novels PROF David Brauner
EN3AH Hitchcock DR Neil Cocks
EN3BBF Black British Fiction DR Cato Marks
EN3CL Children's Literature PROF Karin Lesnik-Oberstein
EN3DD Decadence and Degeneration Literature of the 1880s and 1890s DR Lucy Bending
EN3DIC Dickens PROF Andrew Mangham
EN3DIS Dissertation DR Stephen Thomson
EN3HT Holocaust Testimony Memory, Trauma and Representation PROF Bryan Cheyette
EN3LMH Literature and Mental Health DR John Scholar
EN3MAT Margaret Atwood DR Madeleine Davies
EN3MCP Modern and Contemporary British Poetry PROF Steven Matthews
EN3MO Medieval Otherworlds DR Eleni Ponirakis
EN3OW Oscar Wilde and the World of Art DR John Scholar
EN3PC Publishing Cultures Writers, Publics, Archives DR Nicola Wilson
EN3PSY Psychoanalysis and Text PROF Karin Lesnik-Oberstein
EN3RF From Romance to Fantasy DR Mary Morrissey
EN3SHF Shakespeare on Film PROF Lucinda Becker
EN3TBS The Bloody Stage Revenge and Death in Renaissance Drama DR Chloe Houston
EN3UTD Utopia and Dystopia in English and American Literature DR Chloe Houston
EN3VW Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury DR Madeleine Davies
EN3WWP Writing Women Nineteenth Century Poetry DR Lucy Bending
LS3CBL Corpus-based approaches to language description DR Diana Ben-Aaron
LS3DCL Child Language Development DR Fraibet Aveledo
LS3DI Dissertation DR Christiana Themistocleous
LS3IC Internationalernationalercultural Communications DR Erhan Aslan
LS3LMG Language and Migration DR Tony Capstick
LS3LST Teaching the Language Skills MRS Suzanne Portch
LS3PCP Professional Communication Project DR Christiana Themistocleous

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🏠 Accommodation

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

  • Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
  • Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it
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💰 Fees

Application Fee:

237 RMB

Tuition fee:

20,300 GBP per year

60,900 GBP in total

Entry Requirements

You are not eligible to apply to this program because:

The minimum age is 18.

English fluency is required.
You need to be either:
- A native English speaker
- Studied a degree in English before
- Can demonstrate a high level of English
- Having an English certificate such as IELTS level 6 or TOEFL 95 and above is an advantage.

Minimum education level: High School.

The program is competitive, you need to have a high grades of Average A, 70%, or a high GPA.

All students from all countries are eligible to apply to this program.

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📬 Admissions Process

3 Steps to Apply to a University

Application step 1

Application step 2

Application step 3

Please choose the programs here , "You are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of getting accepted.

Required Documents:

  • Passport
  • Graduation certificate
  • Passport size photo
  • Official transcript
  • Personal statement
  • English certificate (You can take the English test online)
  • Guarantor letter

Preparing documents:

You can start your application now and send the application documents during your application. Some documents you can send later if you don’t have them right away. Some more info about preparing application documents is here

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Application process:

Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information is available here.

The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application fee and upload the application documents.

Once submitted to Global Admissions, we will review your application within 2-3 days and proceed to the university or ask you for further clarification

After it has been processed to the university you will receive your unique application ID from each university.

The university may contact you directly for further questions.

We will then follow up each week with the university for updates. As soon as there is any update we will let you know. If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change address at any time please let us know.

After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions letter electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable deposit to the university.

Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the admissions letter and visa form to your home country.

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