📖Program Curriculum

Compulsory modules include
Code Module Convenor
EN1GC Genre and Context DR Chloe Houston
EN1PE Poetry in English PROF Steven Matthews
EN1RC Research and Criticism DR Nicola Abram
HS1JH1 Journeys through History 1Power and People DR Daniel Renshaw
HS1JH2 Journeys through History 2 Culture and Concepts' PROF Anne Lawrence
HS1RSO Research Skills and Opportunities in History DR Ruth Salter

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
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
HS2GPP Going Public Presenting the Past, Planning the Future PROF Kate Williams
HS2HAD Historical Approaches and My Dissertation MISS Liz Barnes
HS2INT Internationalernationalellectuals and Society in Twentieth Century Italy PROF Daniela La Penna
HS2O10 The Colonial Experience Africa, 1879 to 1980 DR Heike Schmidt
HS2O12 Belief and Unbelief in Europe Religion, Science and the Supernatural c.1400-1800 PROF Joël Félix
HS2O14 Rebel Girls The Influence of Radical Women 1792-1919 DR Jacqui Turner
HS2O16 ‘The brightest jewel in the British crown’ The Making of Modern South Asia, 1757-1947 DR Rohan Deb Roy
HS2O19 Europe in the Twentieth Century DR Daniel Renshaw
HS2O21 Utopia the Quest for a Perfect World DR Jeremy Burchardt
HS2O3 People, power and revolution political culture in seventeenth-century England DR Rachel Foxley
HS2O53 The American Civil War MISS Liz Barnes
HS2O55 American Century United States history since 1898 DR Mara Oliva
HS2O56 Medieval Medicine DR Ruth Salter
HS2O57 Encountering the Atlantic World, 1450-1850 DR Richard Blakemore
HS2O7 Kingship and Crisis in England, c.1154–1330 DR Elizabeth Matthew
HS2STA Society, Thought and Art in Modern Europe DR Veronica Heath
HS2UNR Unity, Nationalism and Regionalism in Europe DR Athena Leoussi
AR2M8 Medieval Europe power, religion and death DR Gabor Thomas
LS2LLE Literature, Language and Education MRS Suzanne Portch

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
HS3CCO Crisis, Change, Opportunity Italy from 1968 to the Present PROF Daniela La Penna
HS3DAC Discovering Archives and Collections DR Jacqui Turner
HS3HED History Education DR Elizabeth Matthew
HS3HLD Dissertation in History DR Heike Schmidt
HS3SAU Anarchy in the UK Punk, Politics and Youth Culture in Britain, 1976-84 PROF Matthew Worley
HS3SCW Cold War Berlin Politics and Culture in a Divided City, 1945-89 PROF Patrick Major
HS3SEU Eugenics from 1865 to the Present Day PROF David Stack
HS3SHP Heretics and Popes Heresy and Persecution in the Medieval World PROF Rebecca Rist
HS3T100 Sexual Politics Gender, Sex, and Feminism in Britain after 1918 DR Natalie Thomlinson
HS3T101 Pirates of the Caribbean Empire, Slavery, and Society, 1550-1750 DR Richard Blakemore
HS3T102 Melancholy Medicine Healing the Body and Mind in Early Modern England, 1570-1730 MS Amie Bolissian McRae
HS3T25 Medieval Magic and the Origins of the Witch-Craze PROF Anne Lawrence
HS3T88 The Romantic Revolution Culture, Environment and Society in England, c.1790-c.1900 DR Jeremy Burchardt
HS3T89 Africa from European Settlement to Nelson Mandela DR Heike Schmidt
HS3T90 Poor Law to Hostile Environment Repatriation, Deportation and Exclusion from Britain 1800-2016 DR Daniel Renshaw
HS3T91 Politics and Popular Culture Post-Arab Spring Egypt DR Dina Rezk
HS3T92 Policing the United States MISS Liz Barnes
AR3HCP The Anthropology of Heritage and Cultural Property DR Alanna Cant
AR3M7 The Archaeology of Crusading DR Aleks Pluskowski

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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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