36 monthsProgramme duration
28,200 GBPTuition Fee/year
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
BA
Study Level
Bachelor's
Study Mode
On Campus
Studying English is rewarding, enjoyable and prepares you for the future. Reading literature allows us to question our world, discover new ideas and ways of being, evaluate historical and social processes, and think through the complexities of our own times.
Our degree in English Literature is designed to give you a deep understanding of the literary past and the literary present. You'll study texts in English written from medieval times to now, and you'll explore literary traditions ranging from the local to the global. You'll be taught by world-leading experts who will introduce you to exciting and challenging critical and theoretical approaches. By choosing from a diverse range of options including interdisciplinary and creative writing units, you can shape your degree to align with your own interests. In your final year dissertation, you'll be able to work independently on a topic entirely of your own devising.
At Bristol, you'll join an intellectually curious and friendly community, in a city full of culture. Throughout your degree, you'll be supported in developing your own identity and sense of purpose as a reader, thinker, writer, and communicator.
Bristol English graduates are versatile, creative, questioning, articulate, and highly sought after by employers in sectors ranging from the creative economy to law and finance.
Our degree in English Literature is designed to give you a deep understanding of the literary past and the literary present. You'll study texts in English written from medieval times to now, and you'll explore literary traditions ranging from the local to the global. You'll be taught by world-leading experts who will introduce you to exciting and challenging critical and theoretical approaches. By choosing from a diverse range of options including interdisciplinary and creative writing units, you can shape your degree to align with your own interests. In your final year dissertation, you'll be able to work independently on a topic entirely of your own devising.
At Bristol, you'll join an intellectually curious and friendly community, in a city full of culture. Throughout your degree, you'll be supported in developing your own identity and sense of purpose as a reader, thinker, writer, and communicator.
Bristol English graduates are versatile, creative, questioning, articulate, and highly sought after by employers in sectors ranging from the creative economy to law and finance.
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
BA
Study Level
Bachelor's
Study Mode
On Campus
Studying English is rewarding, enjoyable and prepares you for the future. Reading literature allows us to question our world, discover new ideas and ways of being, evaluate historical and social processes, and think through the complexities of our own times.
Our degree in English Literature is designed to give you a deep understanding of the literary past and the literary present. You'll study texts in English written from medieval times to now, and you'll explore literary traditions ranging from the local to the global. You'll be taught by world-leading experts who will introduce you to exciting and challenging critical and theoretical approaches. By choosing from a diverse range of options including interdisciplinary and creative writing units, you can shape your degree to align with your own interests. In your final year dissertation, you'll be able to work independently on a topic entirely of your own devising.
At Bristol, you'll join an intellectually curious and friendly community, in a city full of culture. Throughout your degree, you'll be supported in developing your own identity and sense of purpose as a reader, thinker, writer, and communicator.
Bristol English graduates are versatile, creative, questioning, articulate, and highly sought after by employers in sectors ranging from the creative economy to law and finance.
Our degree in English Literature is designed to give you a deep understanding of the literary past and the literary present. You'll study texts in English written from medieval times to now, and you'll explore literary traditions ranging from the local to the global. You'll be taught by world-leading experts who will introduce you to exciting and challenging critical and theoretical approaches. By choosing from a diverse range of options including interdisciplinary and creative writing units, you can shape your degree to align with your own interests. In your final year dissertation, you'll be able to work independently on a topic entirely of your own devising.
At Bristol, you'll join an intellectually curious and friendly community, in a city full of culture. Throughout your degree, you'll be supported in developing your own identity and sense of purpose as a reader, thinker, writer, and communicator.
Bristol English graduates are versatile, creative, questioning, articulate, and highly sought after by employers in sectors ranging from the creative economy to law and finance.
Admission Requirements
184+
7.5+
103+
36+
78+
Typical offer
A-level standard offer: AAA
A-level contextual offer: ABB
GCSE profile requirements
No specific subjects required.
English language requirements
If English is not your first language, you need to have one of the following:
• IELTS 7.5 overall with 7.0 in all skills
• GCSE English Language grade B or 6
• an alternative qualification outlined in our Profile level A.
A-level standard offer: AAA
A-level contextual offer: ABB
GCSE profile requirements
No specific subjects required.
English language requirements
If English is not your first language, you need to have one of the following:
• IELTS 7.5 overall with 7.0 in all skills
• GCSE English Language grade B or 6
• an alternative qualification outlined in our Profile level A.
3 Years
Sep
Tuition fees
Domestic
9,790 GBP
International
28,200 GBP
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