The core modules provide you with an overview of a period and its issues, while options allow you to follow through with specific authors or topics. You can also explore the language of poetry and prose and that of advertising and media reporting. As a single honours student, you will take some modules in related subjects such as history, history of art, politics, and French. It is also possible to undertake a larger-scale piece of work, in the form of a dissertation or project. The compulsory requirement for Honours in English Studies is the Critical Issues module, in which you complete a critical review of your work.
Most modules employ a mix of lectures, seminars and tutorials.
A few modules, such as the Dissertation and Independent Study, are purely tutorial based. Career Prospects Either course will help you to acquire a range of highly transferable qualities, including skills in communication and evaluation, flexibility and independence of judgement. If studied as a joint honours degree, you will also gain skills from your other subject area. Indeed, the assessors graded English at the University as 'excellent', and drew attention to the high quality of the teaching and the use of new approaches to teaching, learning and assessment. As courses are reviewed regularly the module list you choose from may vary from that shown here.