Your early studies will introduce you to topics ranging from critical reading and gender in English literature to German for beginners and an introduction to German culture.

You will then choose your pathway with modules to suit your own interests, before focusing in depth on your chosen research projects.

Final year modules include: Gothic Wales, 20th century poetry, German Cinema and modern day Berlin.

Welsh medium modules are available.

Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Introduction to Culture and Linguistic Traditions A September-January 10 ML-100A
Introduction to Culture and Linguistic Traditions B January-June 10 ML-100B
Optional Modules
English Literature Compulsory Modules - Selective
Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select at least two modules. Students must select 3 modules (60 credits) per semester.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Monsters, Theories, Transformations September-January 20 EN-100
English Essentials September-January 20 EN-120
The Stage Play World January-June 20 EN-119
AND
English Literature Optional Modules
Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select one module if required to complete your 60 credits (3 modules) of English Literature. Students must select 3 modules (60 credits) per semester.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
The sound system of English September-January 20 ALE121
Approaches to Gender in English Literature September-January 20 EN-112
Creative Writing: Fiction Genres September-January 20 EN-117
Introduction to American Literature and Culture January-June 20 AM-113
Literature and Society in Medieval Europe. January-June 20 EN-113
Creative Writing: Styles of Fiction January-June 20 EN-118
Cinema in a World Context January-June 20 ML-106
Hollywood: A History of American Film January-June 20 MSS106
AND
German Language Modules - Compulsory selective
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students take 40 credits of language modules.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
German for Beginners I September-January 20 MLG108
German for Beginners II January-June 20 MLG109
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
None found.

Optional Modules
Languages- Compulsory Modules
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students take 40 credits of language modules at the appropriate level (20 credits in each TB). Choose English-medium or Welsh-medium modules as appropriate.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
German Language 2A September-January 20 MLG260A
Intermediate German Language 2A September-January 20 MLG270A
German Translation Workshop 2 January-June 10 MLG210
German Language 2B January-June 10 MLG260B
Intermediate German Language 2B January-June 20 MLG270B
AND
Languages - Optional Modules
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Students take 20 credits of the appropriate language-specific modules. ML-250 is placement-based – DBS required.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Vienna Underground: Subterranean Views of a Twentieth-Century City September-January 20 MLG202
Modern European Film January-June 20 ML-203
Teaching Modern Foreign Languages to Young Learners 2 January-June 20 ML-250
AND
English Literature Compulsory Modules
Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select a minimum of two and a maximum of three modules to fulfill 60 credits of English Literature. Students must not exceed a maximum of 70 credits in any one semester.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Debating Texts: Theory in Literature September-January 20 EN-206
Exploring the Bloody Chamber: Medieval to Postmodern September-January 20 EN-237
Medieval Encounters September-January 20 EN-266
Revolution of the Word: Modernism January-June 20 EN-207
Fragments of Union: The Cultural Making and Breaking of Britain January-June 20 EN-241
Contentious Shakespeare January-June 20 EN-242
AND
English Literature - Optional modules
Choose Minimum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : If required select one module to fulfill 60 credits in English Literature. Students must have completed ALE121 in year 1 to select ALE250 or ALE218

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Language Teaching in Context September-January 20 ALE200
History of the English Language September-January 20 ALE229
Child Language and Literacy September-January 20 ALE250 ALE121 must have been completed in Year 1
Race and Ethnicity: American Perspectives September-January 20 AM-204
The Roman Comic Novel: Excrement and Sacrament September-January 20 CLC204
Introduction to Writing Poetry September-January 20 EN-232
Introduction to Writing Fiction September-January 20 EN-234
Discourse Analysis January-June 20 ALE218 ALE121 must have been completed in Year 1
World Englishes January-June 20 ALE231
American Word/American Image January-June 20 AM-215
Introduction to Writing Drama January-June 20 EN-236
Writing a Short Film January-June 20 EN-270
Year 3 (Level 5S)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate Sandwich Year
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
None found.

Optional Modules

Choose Exactly 120 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : This module is compulsory for all students pursuing a degree involving a foreign language. It gives students the opportunity to increase their language skills and familiarize themselves with other culture(s).

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Year Abroad (Languages/Translation) September-June 120 ML-R00
Year 4 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
None found.

Optional Modules
English Literature options
Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select at least 40 credits or a you may take a maximum of 60 credits from this box to make up your English Literature selections. You are required to select 120cr in total for the year, 60 credits in each teaching block ** please note that acceptance on the English Literature dissertation is subject to the submission of a suitable proposal towards the end of year 2. To select ALE316 students must have completed ALE218 in Year 2.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Issues in current ELT September-January 20 ALE308
Language in the Media September-January 20 ALE316 Assumes knowledge of ALE218
Language Policy and Planning September-January 20 ALE322
African American Literature 1910-1940: The Harlem Renaissance September-January 20 AM-333
Dissertation - English Literature September-June 40 EN-3031 ** please note that acceptance on the English Literature dissertation is subject to the submission of a suitable proposal towards the end of year 2.
Welsh Gothic / Gothic Wales September-January 20 EN-3040
Poetry in the Twentieth Century September-January 20 EN-3043
Written in Blood: Reading the Vampire September-January 20 EN-3050
Graphic Novel September-January 20 EN-3055
Beyond Shakespeare September-January 20 EN-3058
Reading/Writing Trauma September-January 20 EN-394
Contemporary American Fiction January-June 20 AM-316
Roman Satire: Ranting and Bantering January-June 20 CLC316
Crime Fiction since 1920 January-June 20 EN-3045
Professional Development: Preparing for Work January-June 20 EN-3048
Madness, Malady and Melancholia: Literature and Medicine from Genesis to Genomes January-June 20 EN-3051
The Swansea University International Dylan Thomas Prize Module January-June 20 EN-3053
Haunted Spaces/Haunting Texts: ghost stories and contemporary women's writing January-June 20 EN-3059
Philosophy and Literature January-June 20 EN-3060
AND
Creative Writing optionals
Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : If required select one module to make up 60 credits in English Literature. Students must not exceed a maximum of 70 credits in any one teaching block.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Further Fiction Writing September-January 20 EN-3014
Writing for Radio and Screen September-January 20 EN-306
Further Creative Non Fiction January-June 20 EN-309
Further Poetry Writing January-June 20 EN-319
AND
German Language Modules
Choose Exactly 40 credits from the following Modules:

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
German General Language 3A September-January 10 MLG301A
Translation Workshop (German/English) September-January 10 MLG310C
German General Language 3B January-June 10 MLG301B
German for Professional Purposes 3 January-June 10 MLG350
AND
German Culture Modules
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : • MLT330 is offered in French, Spanish and German, subject to demand. • ML-308 is placement-based – DBS might be required depending on the placement.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Teaching tools and materials – Design, evaluation and practice. September-January 20 ML-308
Vienna Underground: Subterranean Views of a Twentieth-Century City September-January 20 MLG302
Interpreting - Local Government Option September-January 20 MLT330

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