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This degree presents a unique opportunity for you to examine the dynamic interplay between language and media in shaping contemporary culture and society. This interdisciplinary program offers a comprehensive approach to the study of literature and digital media, providing you with a rigorous and analytical foundation that prepares you for careers across a broad range of fields.
The curriculum encompasses coursework that engages you in critical thinking, analysis, and communication, all of which are highly valued in the professional world. The degree's emphasis on cutting-edge theories and analysis of media affords a nuanced understanding of the intricate relationship between language and media in shaping society.
Our teaching staff, who are leaders in their fields, provide you with expert guidance and mentorship throughout your academic journey. They bring to the course a wealth of experience and knowledge, engaging students in a range of topics that span the cultural, historical, and social contexts of literature and media.
For UK Students:
Standard offer: 112 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications
Contextual offer: 104 UCAS Tariff points from up to four qualifications.
GCSE English and Maths grade C / 4
International Students:
112 UCAS tariff points from four A-levels or equivalent qualifications
GCSE English and Maths grade C / 4.
International qualifications
We accept qualifications from all over the world – check yours here: https://www.ntu.ac.uk/international/study-and-courses/your-application/entry-requirements-by-country
20 hours work permit for international students
Core modules
Literary Pasts, Presents, and Futures
Ways of Reading
Europe since 1789: Revolution to Referendum
America 1607-2020: From Colony to Superpower
Transformation: Agency and Self
Optional modules typically include - choose one
Global Narratives in English
Sustainability in Culture and Society (includes a work-like experience)
Rebel Literatures
The Historian's Craft
Transformation: Agency and World
Optional pathways
Pathway 1: Extended work-like experience
Pathway 2: An international exchange
Pathway 3: Taught modules
Interdisciplinary optional modules typically include:
Intercultural Communication at Work
People and Planet: pasts, presents, and futures
Rhetoric and Public Communication
English optional modules typically include:
Imagining the Sustainable World
Women's Writing and the Literary Marketplace
Shakespeare and Co.
Black Writing in Britain
Contemporary Working-Class Writing
History optional modules typically include:
Fascism Past and Present
Tudors and Stuarts: Rulers and Representations
History Online: Researching and Presenting the Past
Core module
Major project
English Major Project
Media Major Project
Humanities Research Project
Transformation: Agency and Social Change
Artificial Intelligence: Human Factors
Humanities in Action
Contemporary Literature, Culture, and Theory
Writing Justice: Changing Worlds
Poetry and the Planet
Gothic Rebels and Reactionaries
Early Modern Poetry and Prose: Nation, Self, Other
Nuclear Literature: Culture in the Atomic Age
Women and Gender in the Pre-Modern World
Understanding Emotions
Legacies and Memories of Conflict
The Global Struggle for Civil and Human Rights
Accepted qualifications:
IELTS Academic
TOEFL iBT, including ‘Home Edition' - We accept the online test as well
IGCSE
Cambridge
Oxford
Pearson Test of English
International/European Baccalaureate
A/O level
Trinity College ISE
KITE - We accept the online test as well
Various country qualifications
6.0 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component
This requirement is for Year One entry only. If you're starting in Year Two or final year you'll need a higher grade of 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in each component
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