Program Overview

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BA (Honours) English

Course Summary

Join us for a cutting-edge exploration of literature and language for the 21st century, studying topics you care about and can tailor to your interests.

How You Learn

You learn through:

• Lectures on specialist topics
• Critical debates in seminars
• Practical workshops
• One-to-ones with staff
• Group work
• Innovative assessments, projects, and briefs

Key Themes

On our BA English degree, we are proud to assess you in diverse and accessible ways that will empower you to demonstrate your skills and knowledge with confidence. From research projects on topics you’ve chosen, to coursework on texts you’ve selected from a range of options, we allow you to focus on questions and themes you’re genuinely interested in.

Course Support

You’ll be supported in your learning journey towards highly skilled, graduate-level employment through a number of key areas. These include:

• Access to our student support services to help with your personal, academic, and career development
• Access to our Skills Centre with one-to-ones, webinars, and online resources, where you can get help with planning and structuring your assignments
• Industry-specific employability activities such as live projects, learning in simulated environments, and networking opportunities

Applied Learning

Work Placements

You’ll have the opportunity to arrange a year-long work placement in between your second and third years. This gives you valuable work experience to prepare you for your future career – as well as an Applied Professional Diploma to add to your CV.

Live Projects

Throughout your BA English degree, you’ll be given a wealth of opportunities to work on live briefs set by employers, and even try out your own business ideas with support from staff and industry professionals.

Networking Opportunities

Studying in Sheffield puts you at the heart of a vibrant cultural scene. We work with renowned festivals held in the city, such as Off the Shelf literary festival and Doc/Fest, an international documentary film festival.

Modules

Year 1

• Compass Points North (20 credits)
• Local Voices, Global Stories (20 credits)
• Reimagining Language And Literature (40 credits)
• Text And Talk (40 credits)

Year 2

• Applied English (20 credits)
• Encounters: Readers, Texts, Worlds (40 credits)
• Minds In Dialogue (40 credits)
• Questioning Perspectives (20 credits)

Year 3

• English Research Project (60 credits)
• Graduate Portfolio (20 credits)
• Language Now (20 credits)
• Literature Now (20 credits)

Future Careers

This course prepares you for a career in:

• Advertising
• Broadcast media
• Civil service
• Education
• Journalism
• Local and regional government
• Marketing and communications for businesses across sectors
• Policy and advocacy
• Publishing, arts, and heritage
• Social media management
• Social work
• Speech and language therapy (with further study)
• The charity sector

Equipment and Facilities

On this course, you’ll have access to the Student Lounge – an open space with flexible desks, large screens, laptop library, individual and collaborative workspaces, and a shared kitchen.

You’ll use our state-of-the-art Hallam i-Lab as well – a dynamic co-working enterprise space, equipped with everything you need to try out your own business ideas and try your hand as a freelancer.

Where Will I Study?

You study at City Campus through a structured mix of lectures, seminars, and practical sessions as well as access to digital and online resources to support your learning.

Entry Requirements

• UCAS points: 112-120
• GCSE: English Language or English Literature at grade C or 4
• Access: at least 45 credits at level 3 and 15 credits at level 2 from a relevant Open College Network accredited course
• IELTS score: 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in all skills, or equivalent

Fees and Funding

• Home students: £9,535 per year (capped at a maximum of 20% of this during your placement year)
• International students: £17,155 per year (capped at a maximum of 20% of this during your placement year)

Additional Course Costs

The links below allow you to view estimated general course additional costs, as well as costs associated with key activities on specific courses. These are estimates and are intended only as an indication of potential additional expenses. Actual costs can vary greatly depending on the choices you make during your course.

General course additional costs

Additional costs for Sheffield Creative Industries Institute (PDF, 268.6KB)