Universities United Kingdom University of Leicester Courses BA English

BA English
at University of Leicester

Leicester, United Kingdom

Tuition Fee £ 17,500
Country Rank-
Duration36 Months
Score IELTS: 6.5 TOEFL: 90

Program Overview

Our English BA offers a comprehensive overview of English literature in its various manifestations, taking you through the development of literary culture in English, from its early stages to its fragmentation into multiple international literatures.

The level of coverage offered by our English degree means that you will graduate with an unrivalled breadth of knowledge and an extensive range of skills. Flexibility is at the heart of our courses: a variety of option modules will allow you to shape your studies around your own interests, while you chart the development of English from the late medieval period to the present day. The expertise of our staff ranges across a number of fields, from gothic literature to detective fiction, and from drama to creative writing, giving you access to a broad sweep of topics and themes. We also offer employability modules in teaching and publishing, allowing you to gain invaluable real-world experience in these areas.

You will experience the full range and diversity of poetry, drama and prose written in English, encountering every major current and figure, from medieval romances to the early modern stage, and from the Romantic movement to the post-war period and beyond. You will also discover how English literature has adapted to reflect various conditions throughout its long history, and how the latest critical approaches can enable you to engage with its varied forms and content.

Our teaching staff are active researchers in a large number of different fields, from Caribbean literature to writing on medicine, and from the Victorian period to the post-colonial era. Particularly strong areas of expertise include early modern literature, the Victorian period, the twentieth century, and creative writing.

You can also complement your literary study by taking options in related disciplines, such as American Literature, Film Studies, History, Creative Writing, Teaching English as a Foreign Language, or modern languages.

Course Content
Year 1

Year 1 lays the foundations of your study in literature and language. You will develop crucial skills in the four main areas of English studies, learning how to analyse poetry, prose, drama, and language; you will learn about the development of the novel and the English language itself, and encounter the Renaissance stage in all of its richness. You can also choose two option modules to complement your study of literature.

Core modules
- Reading Poetry
- Writing Matters
- The Novel Around the World (double module)
- Renaissance Drama: Shakespeare and his Contemporaries (double module)
Option modules

Choose one option module from:
- Classic American Writing
- Introduction to Writing Creatively: Part 1
- Feminist Fiction
Then choose one option module from:
- American Literature in the Twenties and Thirties
- Introduction to Writing Creatively: Part 2 (to take this module, you must also have chosen the Part 1 module from the earlier list)
- Historical Fiction
Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.

Year 2

In Year 2 you will have the opportunity to discover literature from the medieval and early modern periods, and be able to explore the literary and theoretical movements that have shaped contemporary literature and language studies. You will also be able to choose from a generous selection of specialist option modules, to enhance your employability profile and benefit from our research expertise.

Core modules
- Critical Perspectives 1
- Critical Perspectives 2
Option modules

Choose one option module from:
- Romantic Literature from Blake to Shelley (double module)
- Eighteenth-Century Literature from Restoration to Revolution (double module)
Choose one option module from:
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Chaucer’s Worlds
- Diversity in Contemporary American Literature
- Using Stories
- Gothic
- American Literary Figures from the Settler to the Hipster
Choose one option module from:
- Modern Literature from Heart of Darkness to Nineteen Eighty-Four (double module)
- Rewriting Britain from Windrush to Now (double module)
Choose one option module from:
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
- Advanced Creative Writing Skills
- Diversifying Publishing and the Literature Industry
- English and Arts Journalism
- English and Education
Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.

Year Abroad (optional)

We’ll make sure you have everything you need for your future career: not just by awarding you a high quality degree, but also by helping you to develop the skills, knowledge and confidence you need to make your mark in the world as a Citizen of Change. One way you can do this is by opting to take a Year Abroad between Years 2 and 3 of your degree.

Studying abroad is not just for people who are interested in travelling and meeting new people. It is about acquiring life skills that are becoming increasingly significant for a wide range of jobs in our modern globalised society. Whether you go on to a career in the private, public or third sector - or plough your own furrow as an entrepreneur – you will find the experience invaluable.

Final Year

Your final year of study will allow you to explore texts from the Romantic period up to the globalised writing of our contemporary world. You will also be able to write a dissertation on a research topic entirely of your own choosing, and take a range of modules led by specialists in their academic fields.

Core module
- Dissertation
Option modules

Choose one option module from:
- Renaissance Literature from Utopia to Paradise Lost (double module)
- Victorians: from Oliver Twist to The Picture of Dorian Gray (double module)
Plus two option modules from:
- Adolescence in American Fiction and Film
- Contemporary Black British and British Asian Writing
- Forms of Modern Poetry
- Writing Voices
- Classical Worlds: Translation and Reception
- Writing Prose Fiction
- Clinical Encounters?
- The Living and the Dead in Nineteenth Century Literature and Culture
- Shakespeare, Sex, and Gender
Then choose two option modules from:
- Queering the Renaissance
- Literatures of Protest: Reading and Political Action
- The Latin World: Ancient, Medieval and Modern
- Weird Fiction/ Weird Film
- Autobiography and American Literature
- Late Victorian Gothic: Texts and Contexts
- The Other in American Fiction and Film
- Representing the Holocaust
- The Thatcher Factor: The 1980s in Literature
- Jane Austen: The Novels, their Contexts and their Adaptations
- Tragedy
- Writing for Laughs
- Life and Fate: Russian Literature from Pushkin to Grossman
- Medieval Worlds
- Reading and Writing Climate Change Fiction
Modules shown represent choices available to current students. The range of modules available and the content of any individual module may change in future years.
Entry Requirement
If you have completed the standard XII awarded by the CISCE/CBSE, or another recognised state exam board, with at least 75% overall, you may be considered for admission to a first year Bachelors degree. For many courses at the University of Leicester, you will need 80% overall or higher, along with higher individual marks of 85% in relevant subjects.
If you are studying A-levels or the International Baccalaureate (IB) then you can begin from the first year of a Bachelors degree.
If you have already completed the first year of an undergraduate degree at an Indian university, you may be considered for entry to the first or second year of a Bachelors degree if you have studied relevant subjects and/or modules.

Fees & Scholarships

International Tuition Fees:

£17500 per year

Career Prospect

All students take part in the Talent Academy, which provides an introduction to the resources provided by our Careers Development Service and opportunities to gain work experience with leading employers.

We offer an option module on 'Teaching English to Speakers of other Languages'. This will increase your own understanding of the English language and provide practical teaching experience. It leads to the highly respected Cambridge CELTA qualification, which will allow you to teach both in this country and abroad.

We also offer an option module on 'English and Education' which provides practical teaching experience with a placement in a local school. You can also gain direct experience in the publishing industry with the module 'Diversifying Publishing and the Literature Industry'.

Cost Of Studying At University of Leicester

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250K+

Students Assisted

800Cr+

Loan Amount Disbursed

5000+

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BA English at University of Leicester