Program Overview

English Literature with Foundation Year

Overview

This course provides an exciting and wide-ranging engagement with the power of human creativity and the rich heritage of literary expression. You will study great works of literature from Ovid to Ali Smith and from Shakespeare to Bernardine Evaristo, Salman Rushdie, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, enriching your learning with explorations into creative and environmental writing, detective fiction, world literature, drama, children’s literature, film, Victorian, Romantic, and contemporary literature.

Why Study This Course

• Ranked 1st in the UK for Teaching Quality (The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025)
• 2nd in the UK for Teaching (NSS 2023)
• Dedicated team, student support, and tailored feedback
• Opportunities to explore the city’s rich literary heritage

Course Summary

Studying English Literature at BGU provides an exciting and wide-ranging engagement with the power of human creativity and the rich heritage of literary expression. On this course, you will study great works of literature from Ovid to Ali Smith and from Shakespeare to Bernardine Evaristo, Salman Rushdie, and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, enriching your learning with explorations into creative and environmental writing, detective fiction, world literature, drama, children’s literature, film, Victorian, Romantic, and contemporary literature.

Key Facts

• Award: BA (Hons)
• UCAS code: Q30F
• Duration: 4 years
• Mode of study: Full time
• Start date: September 2025
• Awarding institution: Bishop Grosseteste University
• Institution code: B38

What You Will Study

• Foundation Year:
  • Self as Learner
  • Resourcing Learning
  • Critical Engagement
  • Critical Thinking
  • The Digital Learner
  • Effective Communication
  • Reflective Learning
  • Academic Writing
  • Introduction to Literary Studies
• Year 1:
  • The Gothic: Transgressive to Shock
  • States of Dreaming: Modern American Literature
  • Myth, Adaptation & Transformation
  • Poetic License: Lines and Lyrics
  • Shakespearean Worlds
  • Graphic Relations: Literature & Film
  • The Literary Globe
• Year 2:
  • Becomings: Women & Writing
  • Modern Drama: The Inconstant Stage
  • Victorians Unbound
  • Literature & Identity: Self or Subject?
  • Literature for Children and Young Adults
  • Reading the Popular
• Year 3:
  • The Future Unwritten: Late 20th- and 21st- century Literature
  • Romantic Horizons
  • Modernism: Make It New!
  • English Dissertation
• Optional modules:
  • Creative Writing
  • Time Games: Speculative Fiction
  • English@Work
  • Writing Multicultural Britain
  • Writing the Environment
  • Tales from Medieval England: Monsters, Margins, and Manuscripts

Entry Requirements

• Application via UCAS
• No formal requirement for UCAS points
• GCSE English or equivalent desirable
• Different degree subjects may have specific entry requirements

How You Will Be Taught

• Lectures
• Tutorials
• Seminars
• Practical workshops
• Coursework
• Work-based placements
• Field visits

Assessment

• No exams
• Coursework assignments
• Oral arguments
• Presentations
• Portfolios
• Personal projects

Careers & Further Study

• Creative and professional writing
• Publishing
• Editing
• Human resources
• Public policy
• Journalism
• Social media
• Public relations
• Marketing
• Technology
• Librarianship
• Teaching
• Creative and media industries

What Our Students Say

• 91% say staff value students' views and opinions about the course
• 100% say teaching staff have supported their learning well
• 65% in work or doing further study 15 months after the course

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