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BA (Hons) English Literature and English Language and Linguistics

University of Kent, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

Alongside specialist skills, you also develop the transferable skills graduate employers look for, including:

  • high-level skills in communication

  • problem solving 

  • IT and numeracy 

  • the ability to work independently and as part of a team.

You can also gain extra skills by signing up for one of our Kent Extra activities, such as learning a language or volunteering.

General Eligibility

Five passes at GCSE grade C (or grade 4) or above, including English Language or Use of English (IGCSE English as a Second Language, grade B or grade 6), and at least two subjects at A level

OR

Three passes at GCE A level and a pass at grade C (or grade 4) or above in GCSE English Language or Use of English.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of Work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Changing Literatures: From Chaucer to the Contemporary

Thinking Through Theory

The Structure of Language

Sounds of English

Foundations of Linguistics

2 Year 2

Reading Victorian Literature

The Contemporary

Novelty, Enlightenment and Emancipation: 18th Century Literature

Modernism

Shakespeare and Early Modern Drama

Empire, New Nations and Migration

Chaucer and Late Medieval English Literature

American Maternities: US Literature in the 20th Century

Interactive and Immersive Fictions

3 Year 3

Charles Dickens and Victorian England

Postcolonial Writing

The Project (English)

LGBTQ Narratives: Queer Writing from Britain and Ireland

Shake Race: Shakespeare and Racial Politics

The Unknown: Reading and Writing Creative Non-Fiction and Autofiction

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79

IELTS (including IELTS Indicator) 6.5 overall (with a minimum of 6.0 in R&W; 5.5 in S&L)

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