English (Joint Honours)

UCAS code: Y002

Start date: September

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 expert communication skills, something that employers really value.

You'll be introduced to a range of literatures from the sixteenth century to 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.

You must take Critical Theory I in the first year and, in the second year, you develop your core English skills by taking an advanced module in this subject as well as the Research Project. In all three years you can take modules which examine closely the way drama, poetry and prose have developed over the centuries, as well as modules which employ film as text.

You can also choose from a range of period modules: Sixteenth, Seventeenth or Eighteenth-Century Literature, or modules from the American Studies provision. In the final year everyone has to produce an Independent Study (dissertation).

• BA (Hons) in Accounting and English
• BA (Hons) in American Studies and English
• BSc (Hons) in Applied Criminology and English
• BA (Hons) in Biology and English
• BA (Hons) in Business Management and English
• BA (Hons) in Creative Writing and English
• BA (Hons) in Early Childhood Studies and English
• BA (Hons) in Education Studies and English
• BA (Hons) in English and Dance & Movement Studies
• BA (Hons) in English and Geography
• BA (Hons) in English and History
• BA (Hons) in English and Marketing
• BA (Hons) in English and Mathematics
• BA (Hons) in English and Professional Writing
• BA (Hons) in English and Psychology
• BA (Hons) in English and Sociology
• BA (Hons) in English and Sport & Exercise Studies
• BA (Hons) in English and Theatre Studies
• BA (Hons) in Media Studies and English

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

Stage one 

You'll take this module:

• Critical Theory I (PDP)

And you choose from these modules:

• 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  

You'll take these modules:

• Critical Theory II
• Research Project (PDP)

And you choose from these modules:

• 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 

You'll take this module:

• Independent Study or Work-Based Learning (PDP)

And you choose from these modules:

• 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 260-300 UCAS points from A levels including Grade C at English, or equivalent qualifications, such as a BTEC National Diploma, Scottish Highers etc. If you've completed an Access/Foundation course, we also accept these 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

Our entry requirements are usually 220-300 UCAS points, of which at least 200-240 will be from your core A2s (full A levels) including English, or equivalent qualifications such as BTEC Diploma, International Baccalaureate, Scottish Highers etc.

We'll accept up to 60 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 2012/13

This is a classroom based course.

UK/EU students

Full time:

• If you combine this subject with another classroom based subject or a resource intensive subject it will cost £6,995 per year.
• If you combine this subject with a specialist subject it will cost £7,495 per year.

Part time:

You usually take 18 of these modules in total for your course

• Modules from classroom based subjects will cost £875 per module.
• Modules from resource intensive subjects will cost £935 per module.
• Modules from specialist subjects will cost £1,000 per module.

International students

Full time:

• If you combine this subject with another classroom based subject or a resource intensive subject it will cost £9,700 per year.
• If you combine this subject with a specialist subject it will cost £9,975 per year.

*These fees apply if you're starting this course between September 2012 and August 2013. We recommend you check fee details with us though, as they can change. Costs can increase each year.

Fees for 2013/14

This is a classroom based course.

UK/EU students

Full time:

• If you combine this subject with another classroom based subject or a resource intensive subject it will cost £7,700 per year.
• If you combine this subject with a specialist subject it will cost £8,250 per 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.

How you'll learn

Oral presentations and assessed seminars.

How you're assessed

Coursework.

The course highlights important transferable skills such as communication, literary interpretation, appropriate expression and critical analysis. These skills are much sought after by employers, so you will have excellent career prospects when you graduate.

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 about making yourself employable, aimed specifically at Humanities graduates.

"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.