English BA

Program Overview

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Students tailor their program with a diverse range of optional modules, while benefiting from expertise in film studies and creative writing. The program emphasizes critical thinking, analytical skills, and career-oriented practical experiences. Graduates are well-equipped for careers in fields like education, publishing, and journalism.

Program Outline

It emphasizes a diverse range of optional modules, allowing students to tailor their program to their specific literary interests. The department boasts world-class experts in film studies and creative writing, providing students with access to unique resources and opportunities.

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Objectives:

The program aims to:

• Develop expertise in English literature across various periods and genres.
• Provide a platform for students to build a program reflective of their individual literary interests.
• Offer specialized instruction in film studies and creative writing.
• Engage students in events featuring internationally acclaimed authors, actors, and filmmakers.

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Outline:

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Program Structure:

The BA English program is a three-year program, with the option to extend it to four years by including a Study Abroad year, Employment Experience year, or Employment Experience Abroad year.

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Course Schedule:

• Year 1: 90 credits of compulsory modules and 30 credits of optional modules.
• Year 2: 120 credits of optional modules, divided into three groups: Pre-1750, Post-1750, and Neutral.
• Year 3 (Placement Year): If chosen, the placement year typically takes place in Year 3.
• Final Year: 60 credits of compulsory modules and 60 credits of optional modules.

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Individual Modules:

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Year 1:

• Compulsory Modules:
• EAS1032: Approaches to Criticism (30 credits)
• EAS1035: Beginnings: English Literature before 1800 (30 credits)
• EAS1038: The Poem (15 credits)
• EAS1040: Academic English (15 credits)
• Optional Modules:
• EAS1035: Beginnings: English Literature before 1800 (30 credits)
• EAS1016: Digital Creativity (15 credits)
• EAS1037: The Novel (15 credits)
• EAS1041: Rethinking Shakespeare (15 credits)
• EAS1042: Write after Reading (30 credits)
• EAS1044: Imagine This: Prompts for Creative Writing (15 credits)
• EAS1045: The Essay: Form and Content (15 credits)
• HUM1001: Enter the Matrix: Digital Perspectives on the Humanities (15 credits)
• LIB1105: Being Human in the Modern World (30 credits)

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Year 2:

• Optional Modules:
• Pre-1750:
• EAS2026: Desire and Power: English Literature 1570-1640 (30 credits)
• EAS2036: Theatrical Cultures in Early Modern England (30 credits)
• EAS2071: Chaucer and His Contemporaries (30 credits)
• EAS2080: Renaissance and Revolution (30 credits)
• EAS2029: Revolutions and Evolutions 19C Writings (30 credits)
• EAS2103: Modernism and Modernity: Literature 1900-1960 (30 credits)
• EAS2104: Crossing the Water: Transatlantic Literary Relations (30 credits)
• EAS2106: Romanticism (30 credits)
• EAS2116: Empire of Liberty: American Literature of the Long Nineteenth Century (30 credits)
• Neutral:
• AHV2018: Comics Studies: Histories, Methodologies, Genres (30 credits)
• EAS2031: Creative Writing: Building a Story (30 credits)
• EAS2032: Creative Writing: Making a Poem (30 credits)
• EAS2090: Humanities after the Human: Further Adventures in Critical Theory (30 credits)
• EAS2113: Culture, Crisis and Ecology in a Postcolonial World (30 credits)
• LIB2000: Think Tank (15 credits)
• HUM2000: Humanities in the Workplace (30 credits)
• HUM2001: Humanities in the Workplace (15 credits)

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Final Year:

• Compulsory Modules:
• EAS3003: Dissertation (30 credits)
• EAS3122: Creative Writing Dissertation (30 credits)
• EAS3510: Dissertation by Collaborative Project (30 credits)
• EAS3195: Acts of Writing: From Decolonisation to Globalisation (30 credits)
• EAS3179: Life and Death in Early Modern Literature (30 credits)
• EAS3234: Citizens of the World (30 credits)
• Optional Modules:
• EAS3128: Writing the Short Film (30 credits)
• EAS3131: Advanced Critical Theory (30 credits)
• EAS3181: Visual and Literary Cultures of Realism (30 credits)
• EAS3182: Encountering the Other in Medieval Literature (30 credits)
• EAS3191: Writing for Children and Young Adults (30 credits)
• EAS3198: The Death of the Novel (30 credits)
• EAS3225: 'Reader, I Married Him': The Evolution of Romance Fiction from 1740 to the Present (30 credits)
• EAS3237: The Rise of Science (30 credits)
• EAS3245: The 21st Century Museum (30 credits)
• EAS3252: Poison, Filth, Trash: Modernism, Censorship and Resistance (30 credits)
• EAS3311: Piracy in Early Modern Literature, 1570-1730 (30 credits)
• EAS3408: Poetry and Politics (30 credits)
• EAS3415: The Development of British Childrens Literature (30 credits)
• EAS3421: Picturing the Global City: Literature and Visual Culture in the 21st Century (30 credits)
• EAS3500: American Counterculture in Literature (30 credits)
• EAS3502: Shakespeare and Crisis (30 credits)
• EAS3503: Migration, Literature and Culture (30 credits)
• EAS3504: Surrealism and its Legacies (30 credits)
• EAS3507: Writing Song Lyrics (30 credits)
• EAS3414: Jane Austen: In and Out of Context (30 credits)
• EAS3194: Resource Fictions: Oil, Water and Conflict in the World-System (30 credits)
• EAS3196: Charles Dickens: Novelist, Journalist and Reformer (30 credits)
• EAS3228: Romance from Chaucer to Shakespeare (30 credits)
• EAS3253: Modern Irish Literature: Rebels and Radicals (30 credits)
• EAS3312: Adventures in Technique (Poetry) (30 credits)
• EAS3100: Hardy and Women Who Did: the Coming of Modernity (30 credits)
• EAS3246: Food and Literature in Early Modern England (30 credits)
• EAS3509: From Pen to Printed Page: Exeter's Literary Archives (30 credits)
• EAS3511: 'Mad': cultures, histories, phantasies, imaginaries of mental distress (30 credits)

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Assessment:

• Methods: Assessment is primarily through exams and coursework.
Coursework includes essays, a dissertation, and presentation work.
• Ratio: The average ratio of formal exam to coursework is 40:60.
• First Year: The first year does not count towards the final degree classification, but students must pass it to progress.

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Teaching:

• Methods: Teaching is delivered through a combination of lectures and discussion-based seminars.
The program also encourages team-based learning through study groups and utilizes both traditional learning resources and a virtual learning environment.
• Faculty: Lecturers and tutors are available for one-on-one consultations.
• Unique Approaches: The program actively incorporates new methods of learning and teaching, including interactive computer-based approaches.
Students have access to online subscription databases and websites, such as Early English Books Online (EEBO), Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO), MLA FirstSearch, and JSTOR.

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Careers:

• Employer-Valued Skills: The program develops skills highly valued by employers, including oral and written communication, research and analytical skills, problem-solving, decision-making, time management, and teamwork.
• Professional Experience: The program offers practical modules and opportunities for professional placements, allowing students to build their professional portfolio.
• Career Paths: Graduates have pursued careers in various sectors, including education, arts management, publishing, journalism, marketing, finance, and events management.
• Examples: Recent graduates have worked as actors, assistant brand managers, assistant directors, copywriters, data analysts, journalists, policy advisors, product managers, radio producers, and youth workers.
• Organizations: Recent graduates have worked for organizations such as the European Parliament, Rolls Royce, Oxford University Press, Warp Films, Oxfam, and Estee Lauder.
• Postgraduate Studies: Graduates have also pursued postgraduate courses in areas such as Cultural Heritage Management, English Literary Studies, PGCE English primary, Magazine Journalism, and Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Skills.

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Other:

• Extra-Curricular Opportunities: The program offers special lectures and seminars by visiting academics and renowned writers, actors, and film directors.
The student-run English Society organizes book and poetry readings, film screenings, and social events. Students are active in the University's student newspapers, radio and TV station, and drama groups.
• Optional Modules Outside of the Course: Students can take up to 30 credits in a subject outside of their course each year, enhancing their employability and intellectual horizons.
• Proficiency in a Second Subject: Students can earn a degree with proficiency in a second subject by completing 60 credits in a subject such as a foreign language, data science, entrepreneurship, innovation, law, leadership, or social data science.

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UK students: £9,250 per year International students: £23,700 per year If you were previously eligible, you will continue to receive a maintenance loan whilst on your year of work placement/s.