BA (Hons) English

at Queen Mary University of London

Structure
You can complete your English degree in three or four years. If you choose to do a year abroad this will take place in Year 3 and Year 3 modules will instead be studied in Year 4.

 

YEAR 1

You will take the following modules (all compulsory)

• Literatures in Time: Epic and Romance in the Middle Ages
• London Global
• Poetry
• Reading, Theory and Interpretation
• Shakespeare

Please note that all modules are subject to change.

 

YEAR 2

You will take one 30 credit module from each of the three period specific lists:

 

List One: Medieval and Early-Modern Studies 

• Chaucer: Gender, Faith, Identity 
• Renaissance Drama
• Renaissance Literary Culture
   

YEAR 3

You will take:

English Research Dissertation (compulsory)

You choose the rest of your final-year modules from a range of options that changes each year, taking one 30 credit module and one 15 credit module in each semester. Modules may include:

 

• All in the Mind: Literature and Consciousness
• British Fictions of the 1960s
• Contemporary Poetry
• Creative Writing Prose Fiction
• Feminism(s)
• Guillotines, Ghosts and Laughing Gas: Literature in the 1790s
• Heroes and Outlaws in History and Fiction from 1100 to 1600
• Jane Austen: Regency Novelist
• Laughing Matters: Comedy and Contemporary Culture
• Reading Late Victorian Literature
• Reading William Blake
• Romantic Women Writers
• Victorian Sensation Fiction
• Shakespeare: the play, the word and the book
• Teaching Trans Lives
• Time, Narrative and Culture
• Writing Black and Asian Britain
• Writing Empire: the Eighteenth Century

 

This is a sample of modules from our full module directory. 

Non-UK students
We accept a wide range of European and international qualifications in addition to A-levels, the International Baccalaureate and BTEC qualifications. 

 

Student Visa Regulations

If you will require a Student visa to study in the UK, you must meet the minimum English Language requirements to meet the UKVI regulations.  The minimum IELTS requirement is 5.5 in all four skills (Writing, Reading, Speaking and Listening).  However, many of our courses require higher grades.

 

Pre-sessional English Language Courses

If you fall slightly below our standard English language requirements, you may consider one of our Pre-sessional English courses.  Please note that you will require a UK government approved Secure English Language Test (SELT) for entry to our Thirteen week pre-sessional courses.  Currently, only IELTS for UKVI, PTE Academic (UKVI), LanguageCert International ESOL SELT and Trinity College London, Integrated Skills in English (ISE) are accepted. The Pre-sessional English course requirements are published according to the academic department within which your chosen course of study is administere

Home fees £9,250

 

Overseas fees £20,000

 

Loans and grants
UK students accepted onto this course are eligible to apply for tuition fee and maintenance loans from Student Finance England or other government bodies.

 

Scholarships and bursaries
Queen Mary offers a generous package of scholarships and bursaries, which currently benefits around 50 per cent of our undergraduates.

 

Scholarships are available for home, EU and international students. Specific funding is also available for students from the local area. International students may be eligible for a fee reduction. We offer means-tested funding, as well as subject-specific funding for many degrees.

Our English graduates go on to work in all sorts of sectors, including teaching, publishing, media and communications, and arts and heritage. Some of our most well-known alumni include authors Sarah Waters, JG Ballard and Conn Iggulden, and TV comedy writer James Lamont.

 

Recent graduates from the School of English and Drama have been hired by:

 

• Harper Collins
• Historic Royal Palaces
• The Independent
• London and Partners
• Penguin Random House
• Shakespeare’s Globe.