📖Program Curriculum
In the first, the curriculum is shared across related courses allowing you to gain a broad grounding in the discipline before going on, in the second and third, to specialist modules in your chosen field.
Modules
Language, Literature and Writing Through Time - 20 credits
Key Concepts in English and Languages - 20 credits
Research Methods - 20 credits
Digital Worlds - 20 credits
Space, Place, Regionalisms, Globalisms - 20 credits
Group Publishing: Make a ‘Zine! - 20 credits
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
In two, you will continue to develop the skills and knowledge you’ve learnt. We do this by embedding the following four principles into the curriculum and developing your:
Technical skills – digital fluency, backed with the right academic knowledgeStudy skills – to be an adaptive, independent and proactive learnerProfessional skills – to have the behaviour and abilities to succeed in your careerGlobal awareness – the beliefs and abilities to be a resilient, confident and motivated global citizen
In two, you will develop more advanced knowledge and skills to do with: Shakespeare, gender and sexuality, and new media, amongst others.
Modules
Shakespeare’s Renaissance - 20 credits
Language and Society - 20 credits
Philosophies of Gender and Sexuality - 20 credits
Language and New Media - 20 credits
Modernisms and Postmodernisms - 20 credits
Stylistics - 20 credits
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.After the end of the second, you have the option to take either a Professional Placement2 (in the UK, or abroad) or a Study Abroad2, and if you do so, you will take a non-credit bearing module which will help you learn from and reflect upon your experiences.
There’s no better way to find out what you love doing than trying it out for yourself, which is why a work placement2 can often be beneficial. Work placements usually occur between your second and final of study. They’re a great way to help you explore your potential career path and gain valuable work experience, whilst developing transferable skills for the future.
If you choose to do a work placement, you will pay a reduced tuition fee3 of £1,250. For more information, please go to the fees and funding section. During this time you will receive guidance from your employer or partner institution, along with your assigned academic mentor who will ensure you have the support you need to complete your placement.
Modules
UK Work Placement– 0 credits
International Study/Work Placement – 0 credits
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.Year three aims to bring you to the level to enter the world of work by consolidating your knowledge and skills from one and two. You could also work on a large final project in an area of your interest, with the support of a mentor and your Academic Personal Tutor.
You will be asked to choose optional modules totalling 120 credits in your final.
Modules
Graphic Storytelling - 20 credits
Language in the Mind and in the Machine - 20 credits
The Gothic: Literature, Film and Television - 20 credits
Language and Globalisation - 20 credits
Final Project - 40 credits
Enlightenment: Literature, Culture and Modernity - 20 credits
Speculative Fiction - 20 credits
Language, Identity and Power - 20 credits
We regularly review our course content, to make it relevant and current for the benefit of our students. For these reasons, course modules may be updated.
