If you love books or enjoy exploring new ideas, theories, and themes, our English Literature BA(Hons) degree will help indulge your passion.?

 

On this course, you’ll read and discuss some of literature’s greatest works. You’ll also learn to navigate digital resources and present your ideas using the latest media.??

 

Discover how to research, analyse, debate, and create. With a host of module options to choose from and no exams (only unique forms of coursework assessment), you can delve into the subject and consider a range of employment routes later.

 

Why study English Literature BA(Hons)

Each year, our students can:

• Take an active role in events at Huddersfield Literature Festival, getting involved with everything from programming to planning.
• Attend a variety of exciting fieldtrips; past excursions have included a visit to the Bronte parsonage and Shakespeare’s Globe in London.?
• See their work published via GRIST Books – an in-house publishing company which champions students’ work.?

 

Plus, an impressive 90% of graduates from this course are in work and/or further study 15 months after graduating (Unistats 20/21?data, UK domiciled graduates).

 

We want you to finish your degree with the kind of practical, transferable skills needed in the real world. Critical thinking, researching, independent study, communicating and arguing persuasively are just a handful of skills you could hone, with the course potentially leading you to consider further study. Apply instead for a complementing role; you might, for example, consider marketing, journalism, publishing, or copywriting.?You could also consider teaching or law as a viable career path.? Entry requirements