Courses available range from Old Norse and Old English, through a full sequence of English Literature topics from Shakespeare to Crime Fiction, Creative Writing and Modern Critical Theory. In total there are currently nearly eighty modules to choose from, offering both width of choice and depth of study. There are also dissertation and research essay modules. All the schemes, however, recognise the importance of discussion and stress individual student participation. Methods of Assessment Assessment takes place at the end of every semester, although some double modules may be assessed at the end of the year.
Assessment takes a variety of forms.
It is our experience that a variety of methods of assessment is the approach that is fairest to the largest number of students, allowing everyone the chance to be seen to their best advantage. An English degree equips you for a range of diverse careers and employers value highly the special training of Arts students. Many of our graduates do, of course, become teachers, in a surprising variety of posts at home and abroad, but Arts graduates are sought by all kinds of employers looking for people with a high level of verbal ability, experience in self-expression, and confidence in writing and analysing the written and spoken word. Many of our students have taken up a career in the Civil Service, while others have gone on to study law, or to trainee management schemes, to social work or to teacher training for primary, secondary and further education. A good number of other students go on to do research.