English (with a study abroad year) BA (Hons)

at University of Sussex

Program structure

Year 1 Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.

Autumn teaching

• Critical Approaches 1

• Thinking Literature 1

Spring teaching

• Critical Approaches 2

• Thinking Literature 2

Year 2 Options

You choose options to broaden your horizons and tailor your course to your interests. This list gives you a flavour of our options, which are kept under review and may change, for example in response to student feedback or the latest research.

While it’s our aim for students to take their preferred combinations of options, this can’t be guaranteed and will be subject to timetabling. Options may be grouped and if so, students will be able to choose a set number of options from the selection available in any particular group.

Autumn teaching

• Inner Worlds: Literature, 800-1750

• Outer Worlds: Literature, 800-1750

• Reading Post-Colonial Texts

• Science and Literature

• The Art of Short Fiction

• The Novel

• The Politics of Children's Literature

• Word & Image

Spring teaching

• Contemporary Literature and Culture

• Humans and Animals

• Literature, Politics and Culture in Postwar Britain

• Lyric Poetry

• Modernisms

• Romance

• Romanticism

• Sense and Sexuality: Women and Writing in the Eighteenth Century

• Staging the Renaissance: Shakespeare

• Writing Poetry

Year 3 Core modules

Core modules are taken by all students on the course. They give you a solid grounding in your chosen subject and prepare you to explore the topics that interest you most.

Spring teaching

• Dissertation (ENGLISH)

International Baccalaureate

Typical offer    

30 -32 points overall from the full IB Diploma.

European Baccalaureate

Typical offer    

Overall result of at least 75% to 77%.

Other international qualifications

India

Typical offer    

Standard XII results

• 80% from ISC Indian School certificate of Education (CISCE)  

• 80% from SSC All India Senior School Certificate Examination (CBSE)

• 80% HSC Higher Secondary Certificate ( Maharashtra )

English language requirements

IELTS (Academic)

6.0 overall, including at least 5.5 in each component

Home students: £9,250 per year

Channel Islands and Isle of Man students: £9,250 per year

International students: £18,500 per year

English is a multidisciplinary and flexible subject, and studying English BA at Sussex gives you transferable skills in critical analysis, communication, independent thinking and problem-solving.

Sussex hosts tailored careers events, including workshops, talks and regular drop-in sessions.

You can use your English degree to go on to postgraduate study, and for careers in fields such as:

• the arts, libraries and archives

• PR, media and journalism

• teaching and higher education.