English Literature BA Hons with placement

at Northumbria University

Your tutors will use a variety of teaching methods including lectures, seminars, group tasks and tutorials. These will be backed up by a well-designed support system that ensures you have a successful learning journey in each academic year. You will not only receive extensive feedback but also ‘feed-forward’ as tutors work with you to explore how you can keep improving on previous work.  

 

Our assessment strategy is designed to support student-centred learning, based on our understanding that everyone has different needs, strengths and enthusiasms. Assessments will develop your communication skills while also inspiring you to analyse evidence, pursue original thought and persuade others of your ideas. Assessment methods are engaging and diverse, including essays, exams, critical reviews, and even blogs as well as a final-year dissertation.

 

A wide range of option modules are offered on this course. To ensure the quality of the student learning experience, some modules are subject to minimum and maximum student numbers.

 

Modules

Module information is indicative and is reviewed annually therefore may be subject to change. Applicants will be informed if there are any changes.

 

Year one

 

• EL4001 -Introduction to Literary Studies (Core,20 Credits)
• EL4003 -Representing the US: From Slavery to Terrorism (Core,20 Credits)
• EL4004 -Reading Poetry (Core,20 Credits)
• EL4006 -Concepts in Criticism and Culture (Core,20 Credits)
• EL4016 -Talking Texts (Core,20 Credits)
• EL4017 -Gothic Stories: Nineteenth Century to the Present (Core,20 Credits)
• YC5001 -Academic Language Skills for Humanities and Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)

Year two

 

• AD5012 -Humanities Study Abroad (40 credit) (Optional,40 Credits)
• EL5003 -Early Modern Cultures (Core,20 Credits)
• EL5004 -Modernism and Modernity (Core,20 Credits)
• EL5005 -Geneses of English Literature (Optional,20 Credits)
• EL5006 -Poetry: Tradition and Experiment (Optional,20 Credits)
• EL5008 -Tragedy (Optional,20 Credits)
• EL5009 -Literature and Adaptation (Optional,20 Credits)
• EL5026 -Literary Revolutions, Eighteenth Century to Romanticism (Core,20 Credits)
• EL5029 -Literature in the Museum: Working in the Heritage Sector (Optional,20 Credits)
• ML5001 -Unilang - Languages for all - Level 5 Placeholder (Optional,20 Credits)
• TE5507 -Student Tutoring (Optional,20 Credits)

Year three

 

• AD5009 -Humanities Work Placement Year (Optional,120 Credits)
• AD5010 -Humanities Study Abroad Year (Optional,120 Credits)
• AT5004 -Year in International Business (This is made up of modules studied in Newcastle (Semester 1) & Amsterdam (Semester 2)(Optional,120 Credits)
• AT5007 -Year in International Multidisciplinary Innovation (4 modules studied in Amsterdam (Semester 1) & Newcastle (Semester 2) (Optional,120 Credits)

Year four

 

• EL6001 -English Dissertation (Core,40 Credits)
• EL6004 -Vamps and Virgins: Gothic Sexualities (Optional,20 Credits)
• EL6007 -Sin, Sex, and Violence: Marlowe in Context (Optional,20 Credits)
• EL6018 -The Black Atlantic: Literature, Slavery and Race (Optional,20 Credits)
• EL6042 -Postwar US Writing (Optional,20 Credits)
• EL6047 -Twenty First Century Literature: Writing in the Present (Optional,20 Credits)
• EL6049 -From Jane Austen to Austenland: Representing the Regency in Literature and Film (Optional,20 Credits)
• EL6050 -Making Books (Optional,20 Credits)
• EL6053 -Writing Women: Aphra Behn in Focus (Optional,20 Credits)
• EL6055 -Writing and Environment (Optional,20 Credits)
• EL6057 -Thieves, Harlots, Pirates, Murderers: Criminal Lives in the Long Eighteenth Century (Optional,20 Credits)
• YC5001 -Academic Language Skills for Humanities and Social Sciences (Core – for International and EU students only,0 Credits)

Entry Requirements 2022/23

Standard Entry

120 UCAS Tariff points

 

From a combination of acceptable Level 3 qualifications which may include: A-level, T Level, BTEC Diplomas/Extended Diplomas, Scottish and Irish Highers, Access to HE Diplomas, or the International Baccalaureate.

 

Subject Requirements:

 

There are no specific subject requirements for this course.

 

GCSE Requirements:

 

Applicants will need Maths and English Language at minimum grade 4/C, or an equivalent.

 

Additional Requirements:

 

There are no additional requirements for this course.

 

International Qualifications:

 

We welcome applicants with a range of qualifications which may not match those shown above.

 

English Language Requirements:

 

International applicants should have a minimum overall IELTS (Academic) score of 6.0 with 5.5 in each component (or an approved equivalent*).

Fees and Funding 2022/23 Entry

UK Fee in Year 1: £9,250

* The maximum tuition fee that we are permitted to charge for UK students is set by government. Tuition fees may increase in each subsequent academic year of your course, these are subject to government regulations and in line with inflation.

EU Fee in Year 1: £16,500

 

International Fee in Year 1: £16,500

With well-honed skills in communication and analysis, you will be ready to hit the ground running once you start a career. In recent years, our graduates have developed successful careers in journalism, the media, communications, publishing, librarianship, advertising, marketing, education (at various levels), and the civil service. Others have gone on to postgraduate study.

 

Whatever you decide to do, you will have strong employability as a result of having acquired the characteristics of a Northumbria graduate. These include critical reflection and self-learning, collaboration and curiosity, and the ability to apply your knowledge to solve problems in ways that are sustainable and ethical.