Program Overview

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English Studies (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons)

Overview

This degree in English Studies develops your knowledge of classic and contemporary texts, genres, and periods ranging from 18th-century and Victorian literature to modern, postmodern, and 21st-century literature and culture, from British and international contexts.

Course Details

Foundation Year Core Modules

• Discovering the Social Sciences, Humanities, and Law
• Investigating Society and Culture: The Case of Crime
• Your Foundation Year Project
• Your Toolkit for University Success

Year 1 Core Modules

• Literature Now: Writing and Audience
• On and Off the Page: Critical and Creative Skills in Practice
• Romantics to Victorians: Literature, Culture, and Society
• Words Matter: Writing for Social Change

Year 2 Core Modules

• Colonial and Postcolonial Writing: Global Voices in Context
• Future Directions: Research, Careers, and Development in the Humanities
• Make it New: Experimental Writing
• Representation and Cultural Identity: Student Conference

Final-Year Core Modules

• Doing Research: Developing Your Specialism
• English Studies Dissertation
• Genres, Movements, Histories, Cultures
• Present Tense: Writing for the Twenty-First Century

How You Learn

At Teesside, you learn in a range of settings from discussion-based seminars to independent research, small group work, one-to-one meetings, and workshops. You'll work with lecturers who are experts in teaching and learning as well as being scholars, researchers, and writers.

How You Are Assessed

With no formal examinations, you are assessed through essays, portfolios, reports, presentations, manifestos, and a dissertation, all of which develop advanced skills in creative, academic, and professional writing, as well as high-level presentation and communication skills.

Entry Requirements

A typical offer is 32-64 tariff points from at least two A levels, T level, or equivalent.

Employability

This degree opens career opportunities in journalism, media and communication, retail management, local government, the creative and cultural industries, arts administration, civil service, education, performing arts, and the law.

Information for International Applicants

International applicants can find out what qualifications they need by visiting the university's website.

Tuition Fees

• Full-time: £9,535 a year (UK applicants), £17,000 a year (international applicants)
• Foundation year: £5,760 (UK applicants)

Other Course Routes

• Full-time: 4 years, UCAS code Q304 BA/EngFY
• Part-time: Not available

Choose Teesside

• iPad, keyboard, and up to £300 credit for learning resources
• Affordable accommodation from £100 a week
• Study in a town-centre campus with £280m of recent investment
• Europe's first Adobe Creative Campus

Student and Graduate Profiles

• Tom Found, BA (Hons) English Studies / MA English
• Josephine Wratten, BA (Hons) English Studies

News

• From student to scholar: English degree leads to publication

More Information

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Also of Interest

• English Studies BA (Hons)
• Education Studies (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons)
• English and Creative Writing (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons)