BA (Hons) English

at University of Suffolk

Course modules

Full-time students typically complete six modules a year during the first two years of study for increased subject diversity. In the first year, all students commence on the English study route, completing introductory modules in literature, creative writing and linguistics. In the second year, students may specialise on one of two distinct pathways, Literature and Creative Writing or Literature and Linguistics, or continue on the English route for a multi-disciplinary approach. In the final year, students complete a Literature, Linguistics or Creative Writing Independent Project in an area of their choosing, along with four other selected modules.
 

Part-time students may negotiate their programme of study with their tutors to suit their individual needs and requirements. 
 

Full downloadable information regarding all University of Suffolk courses, including Key Facts, Course Aims, Course Structure and Assessment, is available in the Definitive Course Record.

Year 1

• Introduction to Linguistics
• Literary Criticism: Theory into Practice
• Staging Scandal: Classical to Contemporary Drama
• Starting Points in Creative Writing
• Poetry Matters
• Research Skills

Year 2

• Critical Theory
• Research Methods
• Textual Afterlives: Adapting Literature and Film
• Shakespeare’s Sceptred Isle: Power and Performance
• The Short Story (Literature and Creative Writing pathway)
• Structures of Spoken English (Literature and Linguistics pathway)
• Language Development and Disorders (Literature and Linguistics pathway)
• Who Do you Think You Are? Life Writing and Memoir (Literature and Creative Writing pathway)
• Robots and Rebels: Writing Genre Fiction

Year 3

• After the Apocalypse: Writing the Contemporary
• Stranger Things: Young Adult Fiction
• Professional Practice (Educational/Professional Writing)
• Independent Project
• Writing for Performance: Theatre, Film, Television (Literature and Creative Writing pathway)
• Independent Project (Literature and Creative Writing pathway)
• Researching Spoken Language (Literature and Linguistics pathway)
• Dialects in Literature and Film (Literature and Linguistics pathway)
• Independent Project (Literature and Linguistics pathway)
   

UK Academic Requirements
 

All applicants are required to hold GCSE English and Maths at Grade 4/C or above. Applicants who do not hold these qualifications may be considered on an individual basis based upon their overall application and the course applied for.

International Academic Requirements

IELTS 6.0 overall (minimum 5.5 in all components) where English is not the student's first language. You can read more about our English language requirements here.

• UK full-time tuition fee: £9,250 p.a
• UK part-time tuition fee: £1,454 per 20 credits (please contact the Student Centre for further information)
• Full-time International tuition fee:  £13,992 p.a

The BA (Hons) English offers two professional practice modules: English Education Practice and Professional Writing Practice. Students may undertake one of these modules in their final year of study to enhance employability skills and build effective relationships with local schools, businesses and arts organisations.
 

The modules include short-term placements, talks and seminars led by industry experts, and opportunities for professional recognition, such as the EADT Award for Professional Writing and the Steve Ransom Award for English Education. 
 

Students on the BA (Hons) English are also invited to join the Talking Shop community. The Talking Shop is hosted by the English Department and seeks to develop cultural innovation, creativity and student engagement. It offers a valuable space for students to share their work, publish news, attend live guest speaker events and participate in a series of extra-curricular workshops across the academic year. Previous guest speakers include novelists, memoir writers, poets, journalists, publishers and literary agents.
 

Our graduates have gone on to successful careers in writing and journalism, editing, arts management, teaching and consulting. Some have started their own businesses in areas like copyediting, public relations and freelance writing, while others have gone on to postgraduate study. Over the last three years, 100% of students applying for teacher training have been successful at interview and accepted onto postgraduate courses.