8Feb
UndergraduateDe Montfort University has participated in the Teaching Excellence Framework. These ratings were awarded in 2023, for four years.
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Course summary
Study an exciting range of literature in English from writers across the globe and from the medieval period to today. Explore topics such as Victorian and Romantic literature, Shakespeare, text technologies, film adaptation and postcolonial writing. Learn how texts work and debate literature’s role in society both now and throughout history, whilst developing valuable skills in critical analysis, creative thinking and research. By studying English Literature at DMU, you’ll join a lively and welcoming academic community who are friendly, supportive and passionate about literature. You’ll receive excellent teaching from internationally renowned academics and learn to articulate your ideas with confidence and write with fluency and flair. Our English Literature graduates enter a wide range of professions including media, marketing, publishing, teaching, public relations and the civil service. Key features
- Study a wide range of literature from Britain, America and around the world, including fiction, poetry, drama and film.
- Explore print and digital technologies, learn to use a hand printing press and gain practical training in programming language HTML with expert teaching from our Centre for Textual Studies.
- Learn from internationally renowned academics and acclaimed guest speakers, who have previously included writers Kate Forsyth (novelist), Simon Armitage (poet), Andrew Davies (screenwriter) and Carol Ann Duffy (poet).
- Select a route through this degree in Drama, Film, History, Journalism or Media. These carefully chosen routes will complement and enrich your understanding of your main subject, alongside broadening your skillset to give you a wider range of career paths available upon graduation.
- Experience a range of teaching activities and a variety of assessment methods, ensuring your learning remains dynamic and enabling you to develop a broader range of skills.
- Develop a range of transferable skills in critical and creative thinking, independent and collaborative working that make English graduates extremely employable and sought after in the workplace.
- Benefit from block teaching, where most students study one subject at a time. A simple timetable will allow you to really engage with your learning, receive regular feedback and assessments, get to know your course mates and enjoy a better study-life balance.
Modules
First year Block 1: Approaches to Reading and Writing Block 2: Introduction to the Novel Block 3: Introduction to Drama: Shakespeare OR you can select to study one route from the list below: Creative Writing route – Writers Salon Drama route – Shifting Stages Education route – Childhood, Social Justice and Education English Language route - Evolving Language Film Studies route – Disney, Warner Bros and the Business of the Film Studio History route – Global Cities Journalism route – Understanding Journalism Media route - Media, Culture and Society Block 4: Poetry and Society Second year Block 1: Exploration and Innovation: 14th Century to 18th Century Literature Block 2: Romantic and Victorian Literature Block 3: Text Technologies OR continue with the route selected in the first year: Creative Writing route – Story Craft Drama route – Theatre Revolutions Education route – Preparing for Professional Practice and Cultural and Educational Transformations English Language route - Sociolinguistics Film Studies route – Screen Archives - Preservation, Conservation and Usage History route – Humans and the Natural World Journalism route – Beyond News: Peace journalism and Opinion Writing Media route – Public Relations and Strategic Communication Block 4: Screen and Literary Adaptations of The Classics Third year Year Long: Dissertation Block 2: Remediating Texts Block 3: World Englishes: On the Page and Beyond OR continue with the route selected in the first year: Creative Writing route – Uncreative Writing, Creative Misbehavior Drama route – Performance, Identity and Activism Education route – Adult Learners and Lifelong Learning OR Reflection on Practice: Teaching and Learning OR Gender and Education English Language route – Language and Identity Film Studies route – British Cinema - Creativity, Independents and Interdependence History route – The World on Display Journalism route – Music, Film and Entertainment Journalism Media route – Gender and TV Fictions Block 4: Modernism and Magazines
Assessment method
We want to ensure you have the best learning experience possible and a supportive and nurturing learning community. That’s why we’re introducing a new block model for delivering the majority of our courses, known as Education 2030. This means a more simplified timetable where you will study one subject at a time instead of several at once. You will have more time to engage with your learning and get to know the teaching team and course mates. You will receive faster feedback through more regular assessment, and have a better study-life balance to enjoy other important aspects of university life. Structure You will learn through a combination of lectures, seminars, workshops, tutorials, group tutorials, presentations, student-led seminars and reading groups. Teaching sessions might be structured around discussion, a film screening or based in a computer lab. You will complete reading and research in advance and join in conversation with your tutor and your peers. Individual tutorials with module tutors are available in weekly ‘office hours’, at which you can discuss any aspect of your course or get help with assignments. You will experience varied forms of assessment, including essays, presentations, preparation worksheets, journals, examinations, practical work (such as the production of a sonnet using a replica of a sixteenth-century printing press), website production, peer evaluation, creative work, self-evaluation, blogs and dissertation. This range of assessment methods will enable you to develop a broad spectrum of communication and technological skills, alongside an ability to think critically, independently, flexibly and imaginatively. You will be supported by a personal tutor with access to specialist guidance in writing and study skills. Our postgraduate students also run a popular peer mentoring scheme providing friendly and informal advice for undergraduate students in English at DMU. Contact hours In your first year you will normally attend around 7 hours of timetabled taught sessions (workshops and seminars) each week, and we expect you to undertake at least 30 further hours of independent study to complete project work and research.
How to apply
29Jan
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:
- Q300
- Institution code:
- D26
- Campus name:
- Leicester Campus
- Campus code:
- Y
Points of entry
The following entry points are available for this course:
- Year 1
- Year 2
Entry requirements
Qualification requirements
UCAS Tariff - 112 points
A level
Pearson BTEC Level 3 National Extended Diploma (first teaching from September 2016) - DMM
Access to HE Diploma - M: 30 credits
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme - 26 points
T Level - M
Student Outcomes
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Employment after 15 months (Most common jobs)
Go onto work and study
The number of student respondents and response rates can be important in interpreting the data – it is important to note your experience may be different from theirs. This data will be based on the subject area rather than the specific course. Read more about this data on the Discover Uni website.
Fees and funding
Tuition fees
| England | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Northern Ireland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Scotland | £9250 | Year 1 |
| Wales | £9250 | Year 1 |
| International | £16250 | Year 1 |
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
Please note that fees are subject to an annual review. Any increase in fees for Home students would be based upon a review of our provision and in line with the fee cap set by the government.
For Overseas students such reviews will be based on a market assessment and communicated to students at least 6-months before any programme commencing. Please visit the tuition fees pages of our website for further information: dmu.ac.uk/funding
Provider information
De Montfort University
The Gateway
Leicester
LE1 9BH