Course summary
This course is ideal for students who want to develop their knowledge of English as well as gain Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) which will allow them to teach in a secondary educational environment. Students on this course will be supported to become a confident and competent secondary school teacher who can enable children to learn effectively. Why choose this course?
- The BA (Hons) English with Secondary Education course allows you to explore your chosen subject specialism in depth and gradually moves from an emphasis on the acquisition of subject knowledge and its applications in Year One and Year Two, to an emphasis on the pedagogical and professional knowledge and understanding required by an effective subject specialist teacher in the final year.
- The course design combines the essential elements required to enable you to commence a career in teaching as an Early Career Teacher (ECT).These are: advanced subject knowledge at undergraduate level; knowledge of how children learn and are taught; specialist knowledge required to teach the chosen school subject and experience of being a practitioner in secondary schools.
- Years Two and Three of your study include educational placement elements in order to prepare you for the workplace.
Modules
In Year One, you will study the following English modules: The Book Group (20 credit points); Reading the Future (20 credit points); Literary Past, Present and Future (20 credit points); Writing in a UNESCO City of Literature (20 credit points); Global Narrative in English (20 credit points); Ways of Reading (20 credit points). In Year Two, you will study a number of English modules, as well as a year long education module which includes a work-based placement. Core modules include: Literary Practices: Writing, Editing, Publishing (20 credit points); Digital Storytelling (20 credit points); Rebel Literatures (20 credit points); Shakespeare and Co (20 credit points); and Learning English: Pedagogy, Progression and Practice (20 credit points). You will also choose from the following optional modules: Women’s writing and Literary Marketplace (20 credit points); Bodies and Minds: Medicine and Psychoanalysis (20 credit points); Ethnicity in American Writing (20 credit points); Black Writing in Britain (20 credit points); Romantic Revolutions (20 credit points); Contemporary Working-Class Writing (20 credit points); Imagining the Sustainable World (20 credit points) and Writing Refugees: The politics of representation (20 credit points) . In the final year of your study, you focus on you developing an in-depth knowledge of the pedagogical skills, assessment requirements and self-reflection required to be a successful Early Career Teacher: Learning to be a teacher; Learning to teach; Learning to teach a subject 1; and Learning to teach a subject 2.
Qualified teacher status (QTS)
To work as a teacher at a state school in England or Wales, you will need to achieve qualified teacher status (QTS). This is offered on this course for the following level:
- Secondary
How to apply
This is the deadline for applications to be completed and sent for this course. If the university or college still has places available you can apply after this date, but your application is not guaranteed to be considered.
Application codes
- Course code:
- Q301
- Institution code:
- N91
- Campus name:
- Clifton Campus
- Campus code:
- 2
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 120 points
A level
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DDM
Access to HE Diploma
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Diploma (first teaching from September 2016)
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Certificate (first teaching from September 2016)
GCSE/National 4/National 5
T Level
We also consider equivalent qualifications and combinations. Please contact Nottingham Trent University Admissions team for further information.
Additional entry requirements
Criminal records declaration (DBS/Disclosure Scotland)
Health checks
Interview
Student Outcomes
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Fees and funding
Tuition fees
No fee information has been provided for this course
Tuition fee status depends on a number of criteria and varies according to where in the UK you will study. For further guidance on the criteria for home or overseas tuition fees, please refer to the UKCISA website .
Additional fee information
Provider information
Nottingham Trent University
50 Shakespeare Street
Nottingham
NG1 4FQ
Clearing contact details
Online Enquiry FormClearing Team
0115 8486000
Additional information
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