IELTS (Academic)
6.0 overall, with no component below 5.5
TOEFL Internet Based Test
80 overall with a minimum of 17 in listening, 18 in reading, 20 in speaking and 17 in writing
Pearson’s Test of Academic English
56 overall with a minimum of 51 in each component
Cambridge C2 Proficiency (formerly Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component
Cambridge B2 First (formerly Cambridge English First (FCE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component
Cambridge C1 Advanced (formerly Cambridge English Advanced (CAE))
169 overall with a minimum of 162 in each component
Trinity Integrated Skills Test (ISE)
ISEII, ISEIII, ISEIV with a pass in each component
Our entry requirements indicate both Standard and Minimum qualifications with which we normally accept students. Competition for places varies from year to year and you aren't guaranteed a place if you meet the minimum qualifications.
Minimum year 1
SQA Higher
Standard Entry Requirement
ABBB including English.
Minimum Offer Entry Requirement
BBBC including Grade B in English.
You may be given an adjusted offer of entry if you meet our specified minimum entry requirements within our widening participation criteria, and outlined in our Contextual Admissions Policy. Click here for further information about our entry requirements and admissions policies.
A Level
BCC including English.
Irish Leaving Certificate
Pre-2017 Grading System:
B1, B1, B1, B3 at HL to include English.
New Grading System:
H2, H2, H2, H3 at HL to include English.
HNC
Pass HNC in a related subject with Grade B in the graded unit.
BTEC (QCF) Extended Diploma Level 3
Minimum grades DMM (Distinction, Merit, Merit) in a related subject, plus A Level English Grade C.
BTEC (QCF) Diploma
Minimum grades D*D* (Distinction*, Distinction*) in a related subject, plus A Level English Grade C.
International Baccalaureate Diploma
Award of Diploma with 29 points overall including three HL subjects with grades 6,5,5 including Grade 5 in English.
This English degree will develop your critical skills and nurture your awareness of the enduring appeal of literature in the modern world.
Study English literature from Shakespeare to contemporary popular culture, via classic works of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. You’ll learn about these texts in their cultural-historical contexts and within wider theoretical frameworks, considering the ways they function in society. You’ll study English within exciting interdisciplinary contexts and benefit from the wide range of subject expertise within the English subject group.
Edinburgh is a vibrant city with a rich literary heritage, offering an excellent learning environment and lots of world-leading cultural events, such as the International Book Festival. You may also have the opportunity to study abroad through our exchange programmes.
The course provides the opportunity to study at a partner university overseas, or take a work placement in industry.
This qualification will prepare you for a career in a number of areas of the cultural and creative industries and beyond.
More info: Click here
Year 1
Introduction to Literature
19th Century Literature & Culture
Reading Texts: Analysing Film, Literature and Culture
Literature & Adaptation
Case Studies in Cultural Studies
Option module e.g. Case Studies in Cultural Studies, Introduction to the Web
Year 2
Literature of Empire: Texts & Contexts
The Modern Novel
Narratives of Social and Sexual Deviance: Rethinking the Victorians
Shakespeare & the Renaissance
Option module e.g. Creative Writing: Starting to Write, Modern Drama, American Outlaws, Global Literatures of Conflict
Year 3
Cultural and Literary Theory: Debates and Applications
C21 Literature
Four option modules from:
Science Fiction: Text & Film
Introduction to Television Studies
Creative Writing: Genre Writing
Narratives of Nature
First World War and Modernity
Starting a New Business
Launching Your Graduate Career
Year 4
Dissertation
Four option modules from:
Postcolonial Fiction & Film
Modern Scottish Fiction
Reading Experiments: Children’s Literature and Science
Lateness and the Modern
The Gothic Tradition
Cities Real & Imagined
Crime in Text and Film
Comics and Documentary: New Forms of Memoir
Writer
Teacher
Publisher
Journalist
Arts Administrator
Insurance - Single: 300 (£) per year
