Undergraduate Degree: 2:1 (or international equivalent) in English language/literature or a related arts or humanities subject.For information on entry requirements from your country. Choose it below.
At Nottingham, we go beyond a love of books. Here, you will study in the city that was home to Lord Byron, DH Lawrence and Alan Sillitoe.
Our students benefit from access to special collections and the expertise of academics based in the Centre for Regional Literature and Culture, the Institute for Name Studies, the Centre for the Study of the Viking Age, and the Institute for Medieval Research.
We will introduce you to our core subject-areas within English studies and explore the relationship between texts and their historical, cultural and social contexts. Our optional module selection means you can tailor your degree to what interests you the most, or even specialise in several areas at once, including:
Core module:
You choose one of the below 20-credit modules:
Optional Modules:
Over the autumn and spring semesters, you will take a minimum of 20 credits (one module) from two areas of study listed below. The remaining 60 credits (three modules) can be chosen from all modules on offer.
English Language and Applied Linguistics modules: (20 credits each)
Drama and Creative Writing modules: (20 credits each)
Literature:1500 - The Present modules: (20 credits each)
Medieval Language and Literature modules: (20 credits each)
dissertation
You will complete a 60-credit dissertation:
The skills gained during this degree stand our graduates in good stead in areas from publishing to the heritage sector, and from marketing to academia.
You will also gain a range of transferable skills, including:
Insurance-Single: 300 GBP/year
