Do great works of literature inspire you? Or perhaps you’re fascinated by the events and people that have shaped the modern world?

 

The chance to study English Literature and History side by side gives you a unique and enriching view of both subjects, as each can inform the other.

 

The English Literature element of the course spans hundreds of years of inspiration, from the English Renaissance of the 16th Century to the present day. Whether you love Elizabethan drama or twenty-first-century poetry, the Victorian period or modernist writing, you can indulge your tastes and gain new interests.

 

Your choices on the History side of your degree are equally wide ranging, covering the cultural, social, historical, and political dimensions of key events and eras. You can study conflicts, empires, disasters and more, from the medieval period right through to contemporary society.

 

Why study English Literature and History BA(Hons)

With an even split of both subjects, the course will see you choose from a range of option modules, and enjoy diverse and unique forms of coursework, as well as excellent employment prospects.

 

You’ll gain applied skills as well as academic knowledge and each year, students can get involved in the?Huddersfield Literature Festival.

 

The transferable skills you’ll gain can lead to a varied range of career options and you’ll glean and hone skills in management, research, communications, teaching, planning, writing and leadership. Past graduates are now in teaching, writing, local government, PR, the media, and law roles*.

 

You might decide to pursue further study, for example with a Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) or continuing your English literature and/or history education at Master’s level.