BA (Hons) English

UCAS code: Q200

Start date: September and January

Course length: full time: three years, part time: four-six years.

Campus: Kedleston Road site, Derby Campus

This course is available to international students

You'll be taught in interactive and varied ways, with plenty of opportunity for you to discuss and debate ideas, so your course stays stimulating and thought-provoking. This will also help you develop excellent communication skills, something that employers really value.

You'll be introduced to a range of literatures from the sixteenth century to the present day; from Africa and the Caribbean, Asia, the USA and Europe. There's lots of choice, so you can focus on your own literary interests.

English is based in the subject area of Humanities with American Studies, Creative Writing, Film and Television Studies, History, Media Studies and Theatre Arts. In the English Subject Area we offer you opportunities for work-based learning at various cultural institutions and we also run regular study visits to cinemas, film festivals, theatres, museums, galleries and heritage centres. We also organise programmes of workshops and talks concerned with making yourself employable and aimed specifically at Humanities graduates.

You'll study a total of 120 credits per year. This will be made up of single or double modules.

Stage one

• Critical Theory I (PDP)
• Reading American Literature: An Introduction
• Early Modern Words, Early Modern Worlds: Literature in the Sixteenth Century
• Mutants and Monsters: Interpreting Fantasy
• Myth and English Literature
• Enlightenment Literature

Stage two

• Critical Theory II
• Research Project (PDP)
• Nineteenth-Century Realism: Conscience and Context
• Modernism
• Theatricality and Madness
• Transgression and Restoration: Literature in the Seventeenth Century
• The Art of Crime
• Black Atlantic Literatures
• Poetry and Revolution in the British Romantic Period
• Work-Based Learning‌ in the Creative and Cultural Industries

Stage three

• Independent Study or Work-Based Learning (PDP)
• Colonialism and Independence
• Riots and Rebels: Studies in Intercultural Drama
• Eighteenth-Century Literature: Terror, Wit and Letters of Love
• Shakespeare Today
• Gender and Contemporary Literature
• After the Modern: Existentialism and Postmodernism
• Modern and Contemporary Poetry
• Derbyshire Landscapes in Literature
• Culture and Counter-Culture

Our entry requirements are usually 260 UCAS points, of which at least 220 will be from your core A2s (full A levels) or equivalent qualifications such as BTEC Diploma, International Baccalaureate, Scottish Highers etc.

You will need at least a C in English at A Level (or equivalent qualifications).

We'll accept up to 40 points towards the total from level 3 qualifications such as AS levels (where those AS levels are not taken on to A2 level), the Extended Project or Music qualifications.

We don't accept points from Key Skills Level 3. If you have any questions about what is or isn't accepted, please contact our Admissions team.

We also accept the Access to HE Diploma.

Your points at level 3 will be in addition to 5 GCSEs at grade C or equivalent level 2 qualifications.

The UCAS tariff points are a guide - we'll also consider all the information that you've included in your application. We'll also want to see that you're enthusiastic and motivated to take this course and that you have the potential to benefit from coming to university.

General undergraduate entry requirements

Fees for 2013/14

This is a classroom based course.

UK/EU students

• Full time: £7,700 (each year)

We'll be announcing our part time and international fees for 2013/14 later in the year.

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2013 and August 2014. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

You'll develop the skills and knowledge you need to give you excellent career prospects when you graduate.

Graduate success stories include:

• Laura Watson has gone on to teach English at a college in China
• Hannah Lindley is now undertaking her MA in Critical Theory
• Tim Wheelhouse is now completing his PhD
• Claire Coleman is currently pursuing her dream of being a classical actress
• Stephanie Hernandez is working for a theatre company

You can take advantage of our many links with careers counsellors who can advise you about going into teaching, publishing, journalism, librarianship and arts administration, including working in museums, art galleries and media centres.

"I can sum up my experience, as an English student at Derby, as a life-changing discovery of the self. I was directed by a committed and expert team of people who became both tutors and role models during my time at the university. The quality of teaching and learning was second-to-none and, if I did not have to work to earn a living, I would enrol every 3 years!"
Leanne Pettingale, graduate

"Having completed my degree in English at Derby, I'm teaching spoken English at an aviation college in China - and having a fantastic time, too! This opportunity was offered to me through a scheme in partnership with the University of Derby, so I certainly have a lot to thank them for!"
Laura Watson, graduate

"Completing my undergraduate work at Derby really prepared me thoroughly for postgraduate study. I could not have achieved my dream of studying for an MA without the dedication of all my tutors at the University of Derby."
Hannah Lindley, graduate