Your early studies will introduce you to English literature, as well as writing styles and genres.

You will then choose your pathway with modules to suit your own interests. In your final year, you have the opportunity to focus in depth on your chosen research project to produce your final dissertation.

BA 3 Year Full-time
Year 1 (Level 4)
FHEQ 4 Undergraduate / HECert
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code
Monsters, Theories, Transformations September-January 20 EN-100
Creative Writing: Fiction Genres September-January 20 EN-117
English Essentials September-January 20 EN-120
Creative Writing: Styles of Fiction January-June 20 EN-118
The Stage Play World January-June 20 EN-119
Optional Modules
Optional Module Choices
Choose Exactly 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select one module from the below

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Ovid's Metamorphoses: The Transformations of Mythology September-January 20 CLC102
Grammar and Meaning January-June 20 ALE100
Introduction to American Literature and Culture January-June 20 AM-113
Literature and Society in Medieval Europe. January-June 20 EN-113
Cinema in a World Context January-June 20 ML-106
Hollywood: A History of American Film January-June 20 MSS106
Year 2 (Level 5)
FHEQ 5 Undergraduate / HEDip
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
None found.

Optional Modules
Compulsory Selective 1 Creative Writing
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select three modules

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Introduction to Writing Poetry September-January 20 EN-232
Introduction to Writing Fiction September-January 20 EN-234
Introduction to Writing Drama January-June 20 EN-236
Writing a Short Film January-June 20 EN-270
AND
Compulsory Selective 2 English Literature
Choose Minimum Of 40 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select at least two modules. You may select three modules and not make a selection from the box below. Do not select more than three modules in total in one teaching block.

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
Optional Modules
Choose Maximum Of 20 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : If required select one module to complete your six modules for the year. Do not select more than three modules in any one teaching block. To select ALE218 or ALE250 students must have completed ALE121 in Year 1.

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
Discourse Analysis January-June 20 ALE218 ALE121 must have been complete in year 1
World Englishes January-June 20 ALE231
American Word/American Image January-June 20 AM-215
Roman Satire: Ranting and Bantering January-June 20 CLC207
Decision and Responsibility: The Tragic Predicament January-June 20 CLC209
Year 3 (Level 6)
FHEQ 6 Undergraduate / Honours
Students choose 120 credits from the following:

Compulsory Modules
None found.

Optional Modules
Compulsory Modules - Selective
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 60 credits.

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Further Fiction Writing September-January 20 EN-3014
Creative Writing Personal Project September-June 40 EN-3057
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
Optional Module Choices
Choose Exactly 60 credits from the following Modules:

NOTE : Select 60 credits, ensuring that, with the compulsory selective box above, you have selected no more than 60 credits per teaching block. Students *may not* take both EN-3031 and EN-3057. To select ALE308 students must have completed ALE200 in Year 2. To select ALE316 students must have completed ALE218 in Year 2. ALE319 Computer Assisted Language Learning may be available to those with previous experience at the discretion of the Programme Director of Applied Linguistics

Module Name Module Duration Credits Module Code Guidance
Issues in current ELT September-January 20 ALE308 ALE200 must have been completed in Year 2
Language in the Media September-January 20 ALE316 ALE218 must have been completed in Year 2
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
Computer-Assisted Language Learning January-June 20 ALE319 NOTE: available only at the discretion of the UG programme director for Applied Linguistics
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
Science Fiction and Media January-June 20 MS-345

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.

• 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