Additional Information
Course duration
6 years part-time
Pattern of attendance
Daytime: classes are spread across the week, times vary between semesters
Typical entry requirements
Three A Levels (excluding General Studies, specific subjects may be required) or a validated Access Course or (for applicants without formal qualifications) successful completion of the University of Leeds Alternative Entry Scheme
Further information
Please note the deadline for applications to this programme is the end of June 2012 - contact Maddy Burrows (Undergraduate Admissions Officer for the School of English) using the email address below for more information
Contact details:
Phone:
email: undergrad-english@leeds.ac.uk
Web: Teaching Department Website
The School of English at Leeds is one of the most highly regarded in the UK. Both of the undergraduate degrees available on a part-time basis give you a sound overview of the subjects as well as the opportunity to take specialist options and carry out independent research.
BA English Language and Literature
Taking one of the country’s most prestigious degrees in English means you will gain a thorough historical, critical and theoretical grounding in literary and language study. You will develop a wide range of subject-specific and transferable skills. Following an introduction at level 1 to all aspects of the degree you will take core modules at level 2 that cover all the main periods of British and Irish literature from the medieval to the Romantic period, and English language. At level 3 core modules explore literature of later periods, American literature, postcolonial literature, and language and power. An optional two-semester dissertation gives you the opportunity to plan, design and write an independent piece of research on a topic of your choice. The degree also gives you the choice of a wide range of optional modules at levels 2 and 3. For more information about the modules that you will study as part of this course please see the entry in the programme catalogue.
BA English Language
The English Language degree will encourage you to see that language is not a neutral medium, a transparent ‘window’ on to the real world, but inextricably bound up with issues of identity, power, culture and ethics. At level 1 you will be introduced to the tools that you will need to study and analyse the English language – its history, geography, structure and political context. At level 2 you will trace the historical development of English from Old English to the present day, explore some varieties of English and examine the relationship between language and power. You will also have the opportunity at both levels 2 and 3 to follow your own interests through optional modules in areas such as dialectology, language in the media, stylistics and discourse analysis. Level 3 also involves a dissertation in which you plan, design and write an independent piece of research related to the study of the English language.
How will I be taught?
Modules are largely taught through seminars and lectures.
How will I be assessed?
Assessment methods vary and may include exams, assessed essays, presentations and other exercises.
Career development
Potential career paths include writing, theatre, law, publishing, journalism, the civil service, advertising and marketing, management, personnel, banking, retailing, administration and teaching.
