36 monthsProgramme duration
33,300 GBPTuition Fee/year
13 Jan, 2027Application Deadline
SepStarting Month
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
BA
Study Level
Bachelor's
Study Mode
On Campus
Study English literature ranging from the seventh century to the modern day, take specialist linguistics modules, and develop transferable skills in writing, research and critical thinking. UCL English is the only UK English department to provide one-to-one tutorial teaching, elevating your experience of studying here. You’ll benefit from bespoke learning led by expert academics in Bloomsbury, the heart of British literary life. Graduates may go on to work in education, creative arts, media, publishing and beyond.
Year 1 of the English BA acts as a foundation for Years 2 and 3, covering major narrative texts from the Renaissance to the present, an introduction to Old and Middle English, the study of critical method and literary theory, and the study of intellectual and cultural sources texts which influence English literature but which are not in themselves necessarily classified as such.
In Years 2 and 3, you will study compulsory modules on Chaucer and Shakespeare and choose six further modules, covering literature from the Old English period to the present day. Students must take at least one pre-1800 module and at least one post-1800 module. You will also have the opportunity to study American literature, colonial and postcolonial literature and literature in English from other countries.
Within these compulsory and optional papers, you will work with your tutor and in seminars to focus your reading and essay writing around topics that interest you within the parameters of your chosen modules. The degree thus combines breadth and depth with individual freedom to explore a wide variety of writers and ideas.
For Years 2 and 3, the course is deliberately structured to give you maximum freedom to choose modules in whichever combination suits you.
Programme overview
Main Subject
English Language and Literature
Degree
BA
Study Level
Bachelor's
Study Mode
On Campus
Study English literature ranging from the seventh century to the modern day, take specialist linguistics modules, and develop transferable skills in writing, research and critical thinking. UCL English is the only UK English department to provide one-to-one tutorial teaching, elevating your experience of studying here. You’ll benefit from bespoke learning led by expert academics in Bloomsbury, the heart of British literary life. Graduates may go on to work in education, creative arts, media, publishing and beyond.
Year 1 of the English BA acts as a foundation for Years 2 and 3, covering major narrative texts from the Renaissance to the present, an introduction to Old and Middle English, the study of critical method and literary theory, and the study of intellectual and cultural sources texts which influence English literature but which are not in themselves necessarily classified as such.
In Years 2 and 3, you will study compulsory modules on Chaucer and Shakespeare and choose six further modules, covering literature from the Old English period to the present day. Students must take at least one pre-1800 module and at least one post-1800 module. You will also have the opportunity to study American literature, colonial and postcolonial literature and literature in English from other countries.
Within these compulsory and optional papers, you will work with your tutor and in seminars to focus your reading and essay writing around topics that interest you within the parameters of your chosen modules. The degree thus combines breadth and depth with individual freedom to explore a wide variety of writers and ideas.
For Years 2 and 3, the course is deliberately structured to give you maximum freedom to choose modules in whichever combination suits you.
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