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BA(Hons) English Literature and History

University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom
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Course Overview

The English Literature element of the course spans hundreds of years of inspiration, from the English Renaissance of the 16th century right up to the present day. So whether you love Elizabethan drama or twenty-first-century poetry, the Victorian period or Modernist writing, youll be able to indulge your tastes and gain some new interests. Your choices on the History side of your degree are equally wide-ranging. Well, cover the cultural, social, historical and political dimensions of critical events and eras that have significantly impacted today's civilisation. Along the way, youll be able to study conflicts, empires, disasters and more, from the medieval period to contemporary society.

General Eligibility

Entry requirements

BBB-BCCat A Level.

120-104UCAS tariff points from a combination of Level 3 qualifications.

Meritat T Level.

DMM-MMMin BTEC Level 3 Extended Diploma.

Access to Higher Education Diploma with 45 Level 3 credits at Merit or above.

120-104 UCAS tariff points from International Baccalaureate qualifications.

Part Time Work Details

20 Hours of work permit weekly for international students.

What You'll Study

1 Year 1

Core modules:

  • Early Medieval Europe: c500-1215

  • Twentieth Century Britain

  • Literary Genres

  • Thinking Critically

2 Year 2

Core modules:

  • Research Skills

  • Work Experience Placement

  • Literary Histories

  • Critical Concepts 1

Option modules:

Choose one from a list which may include:

  • Hitler's Germany: Life and Death in the Third Reich

  • Modern India: from Raj to Independence c.1860-1950

  • Hands-on History: Voice, Film and Material Culture

  • Holy Wars: The Age of Crusades

  • Reformation and Revolution

  • Growing Up in the Past: Oral Histories of Childhood and Youth

3 Year 3 - optional placement year

Placement Year

4 Year 4

Core modules:

  • Advanced Critical Practice

  • Critical Concepts 2

Option modules:

One option from a list may include:

  • Dissertation (History in Practice)

  • Honours Level Project

Then choose up to three options from a list which may include:

  • The Elizabethan Age

  • History and Myth: Writing and Re-writing the Middle Ages

  • Henry's Empire

  • Britain on the Breadline

  • The Great War: Culture and Society

  • The Dark Years, 1940-1944: Collaboration, Resistance and Memory in Wartime France

  • Mindsets, Institutions and Madness

  • The Body and the City

  • Bloodlands: Historical Geography of Interwar East Central Europe

  • Making peace: 1918-1924

Language Requirement

  • IELTS6.0
  • TOEFL78
  • PTE58
  • Duolingo79

The minimum for IELTS is 6.0 overall, with no element lower than 5.5 or equivalent will be considered acceptable.

Additional Information

This course is available: 4 years Inc. placement year

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