All the English degrees at Warwick provide flexible opportunities to study English literature, comparatively with the literature of other languages and cultures. A broad introductory First Year is followed by progression to more intensive study in Years Two and Three. A small core of courses is common to all the degrees.
Further courses reflect the emphasis of each of the three main degree strands.
There is also a wide range of optional courses, some of which may be taken in other disciplines. Each degree has its own fourth course. In the Second Year of all five degrees, the core course is on English poetry of the 19th century, read in the context of the political, social and cultural movements of the period. Finalists study Shakespeare and Selected Dramatists of his Time in a course which places the drama of the period in its intellectual and theatrical context. Beyond this core, students' work varies according to the degree stream they have chosen to follow.