BA (Hons) English

at Edinburgh Napier University

You'll learn about major genres and critical issues within the field of English studies including a range of subjects from:

• Shakespeare to transgressive texts
• poetry from the Romantic age to the present
• the modern novel to eco-critical narratives
• Scottish, Irish and American literatures
• science fiction to modern drama
• literary theory to the gothic tradition in literature
• This course aims to develop a broad knowledge of the relationships between literature, culture and the modern world. By the end of the course you'll be able to engage in informed and critical readings of literature and to understand the contexts within which works of literature are produced.
• This is a full-time course studied over four years. You'll learn by a variety of teaching methods including lectures, seminars, workshops and independent study.
• Module choices in creative writing allow you to apply your understanding of literature to your own creative work.

Popular modules

Year 1 

• Introduction to Literary Studies 
• 19th Century Literature & Culture 
• Reading Texts: Analysing Film, Literature and Culture 
• Literature & Adaptation 
• Critical Contexts 
• Option module e.g. Case Studies in Cultural Studies, Introduction to the Web 

Year 2 

• Narratives of Social and Sexual Deviance: Rethinking the Victorians 
• The Modern Novel 
• Shakespeare & the Renaissance 
• Option module e.g. Creative Writing: Finding Your Voice, Modern Drama, American Outlaws, The World at War, Fantasy Fiction and Film 

Year 3 

• Cultural and Literary Theory: Debates and Applications  
• C21 Literature 
• Four option modules from: 
• Science Fiction: Text & Film 
• Introduction to Television Studies 
• Women’s Writing and Filmmaking 
• Creative Writing: Genre Writing 
• Narratives of Nature 
• Unacknowledged Legislators: Poetry in History and Society 
• Modernisms in the Magazines and at the Margins 

Year 4 

• Dissertation 
• Four option modules from: 
• Postcolonial Fiction & Film 
• Modern Scottish Fiction 
• Reading Experiments: Children’s Literature and Science 
• The First World War in Culture, 1914 to the present 
• The Gothic Tradition 
• Cities Real & Imagined 
• Crime in Text and Film 
• Comics and Documentary: New Forms of Memoir 

Undergraduate and postgraduate taught degrees 

IELTS (Academic)
6.0 overall, with no component below 5.5

TOEFL Internet Based Test
80 overall with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing

Pearson’s Test of Academic English
56 overall with a minimum of 51 in each component

Cambridge C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Cambridge B2 First (formerly Cambridge English First (FCE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Cambridge C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge English Advanced (CAE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component

Trinity Integrated Skills Test (ISE)
ISEII, ISEIII, ISEIV with a pass in each component

LanguageCert English language qualification
B2 Communicator Test with overall 39 or above, and 25 or above in all skills

Students from England, Wales, Northern Ireland, and Republic of Ireland will be invoiced the tuition fees for 3 years of their 4 years of study. Please note that the tuition fees liable to be paid by mainland EU nationals commencing their studies from 1 August 2022 will be the Overseas fee rate. The University offers a range of attractive Tuition Fee bursaries to students resident in specific countries. More information on these can be found here. For EU students who commenced their studies prior to 1 August 2022 or hold pre or settled status in the UK, fees will remain the same as Scottish Students.

If additional compulsory costs other than the tuition fees are applicable, these will be detailed in the course details.                    

Please note that the tuition fees liable to be paid by EU nationals commencing their studies from 1 August 2022 will be the Overseas fee rate. The University offers a range of attractive Tuition Fee bursaries to students resident in specific countries. More information on these can be found here.

Career opportunities include:

• Writer
• Teacher
• Publisher
• Journalist
• Arts Administrator