BA (Hons) English and American Literature

at Manchester Metropolitan University

Year 1

In Year 1 there is a compulsory syllabus, with course units including poetry and drama, and American literature and culture in their historical and political contexts. Your units in Year 1 will introduce you to the key skills and ideas needed for your studies.

Core units
 

• Approaches To American Literature 1
• Approaches To American Literature 2
• Approaches To Drama
• Approaches To Poetry
• Metropolis 1: Reading Manchester
• Metropolis 2: Writing Worlds

Year 2

In Year 2 there is flexibility, with core units on American literature and culture, and a choice of optional units from the wider department, including opportunities to study film and creative writing units.

Core units
 

• American 19Th Century Writing To Modernsim
• American Literature & Culture (Postwar To Contemporary)

Year 3

If you take the four-year placement route, Year 3 will be spent on placement. If you take the four-year study abroad route, Year 3 will be spent studying overseas.

In your final year, you will undertake an extended critical project and select areas of study from a range of optional units to suit your interests. Please note that the following list of units is indicative and may be subject to change.

Core units
 

• Critical Project

UK

UCAS Tariff points
104-112

SPECIFIC GCSE REQUIREMENTS
GCSE grade C/4 in English Language or Level 2 Functional Skills English pass

International

INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE POINTS
IB Diploma with minimum 26 points overall or 104-112 UCAS Tariff points from Higher Level. If you plan to meet the Level 2 course requirements through your IB Diploma you will need to achieve Higher Level 4 or Standard Level 5 in English

IELTS SCORE REQUIRED FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
6.0 overall with no individual element below 5.5

UK AND CHANNEL ISLAND STUDENTS
Full-time fee: £9,250 per year. This tuition fee is agreed subject to UK government policy and parliamentary regulation and may increase each academic year in line with inflation or UK government policy for both new and continuing students.

EU AND NON-EU INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Full-time fee: £16,500 per year. Tuition fees will remain the same for each year of your course providing you complete it in the normal timeframe (no repeat years or breaks in study).

Graduates enter a wide range of careers, especially media work and teaching, where their transferable skills are particularly relevant. Recent graduates have become school and college teachers, and gained employment in fields as diverse as banking, finance, manufacturing and retail. 

There is also the opportunity to engage in further study and professional training, for example some of our graduates go on to study MA English Studies at postgraduate level where you have the opportunity to build your own bespoke masters experience, reflecting your interests in the further study of English. Alongside this we offer MA Publishing, delivered in collaboration with industry professionals, and many of our students go on to study MA/MFA Creative Writing at our Manchester Writing School, one of the largest and most successful of its kind in the UK.