📖Program Curriculum
In Semesters 1-2 you'll take compulsory modules: Introduction to English Studies 1: Genres; and Introduction to English Studies 2: Theories and Approaches; plus four additional modules from other disciplines which could include Linguistics.
In Semester 3 you will study Literary Revolutions and in Semester 4 you’ll study a choice of core modules including: Writing and History; Writing and Theory; and Writing and Language. In Semester 5 students choose from several period-based modules such as: Modernism and Modernity; British Romanticism; Renaissance Literature; and Victorian Literature and Culture.
Semesters 6 and 7 cover a range of optional modules which may include: Speculative Fiction; Early Scottish Literature; American Literature; Shakespeare's Theatre; Tragedy; Documenting the Eighteenth Century: Manuscript and Print; Talking on Paper: The Essay as Literature; Consuming Dickens in the Twenty-First Century; Toni Morrison; and Creative Writing.
The final semester will be spent writing your dissertation supervised by your tutor.
Modules
The module information below provides an example of the types of course module you may study. The details listed are for the current academic year (September 2022). Modules and start dates are regularly reviewed and may be subject to change in future years.
There are two options for this course:
Starting Autumn full time (Stirling Campus)
Year 1 Semester 1
Compulsory module
Module Credits
Introduction to Literary Studies: Genre (ENGU9A1) 20 credits
prior to 2021 2 ENGU901 was taken
Option module
Select 40 credits from list
Module Credits
Accounting and Finance for Managers (ACCU7M1) 20 credits
Our Blue Planet (AQUU1OP) 20 credits
Introduction to Cell Biology (BIOU1CE) 20 credits
Ecology: An Introduction (BIOU1IE) 20 credits
