2024/25 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA English and History

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

Entry Requirements are available on the Course Search entry

School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:

School of History

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

English; History

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2023/24 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2024 or after, you can find the details of your programme: BA English & History(For students entering from September 2024 onwards)

English and History is an exciting programme, which allows students to explore the human experience from the medieval period to contemporary times from the perspectives of both History and English. This joint honours degree provides a unique insight into the development of the world we live in that combines the study of prose, poetry, and drama with specialist British, European and global history modules across a variety of periods and themes. The programme will allow students to develop their own areas of specialism and a skillset that will be appealing to employers.
The first year (Level 1) lays the foundations for the degree. Core modules will guide students through the transition to university study, helping them to read critically, write effectively, understand literary genres, and develop and broaden their literary and historical skills and awareness. Students will also have the chance to take innovative optional modules in medieval, modern or global history that showcase the latest in inclusive historical scholarship.
At Level 2, students will take two further core modules on the literatures of the environment and human embodiment designed to enhance their intellectual independence and initiative. Students will also choose from a range of optional History and English modules spanning from the early medieval period to the present day. This will allow students pursue their interests across optional modules in both subjects with wide geographic coverage and strong thematic coherence.
In the final year (Level 3) students will specialise on the History and English that interests them the most. Students will spend the year working closely with a History tutor on a research-based Special Subject module, focusing on a specific topic in which they engage closely with primary sources. Students will take further optional History and English modules with more advanced thematic content that further hone their skills. Throughout the course, students will develop interpretative and analytical skills, and will become confident researchers. Students will demonstrate these qualities in when they undertake a Final Year Project on a topic of their choice in either English or History.

Year1 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Candidates are required to study 120 credits in total.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 40 additional credits, either by choosing a maximum of one module from the baskets below or by choosing University designated ‘Discovery Modules’

English Optional Modules (Level 1)

History Optional Modules (Level 1)

Discovery modules:

Year2 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

At Level 2, candidates must take a minimum of 40 credits of English modules and 40 credits of History modules. A further 40 credits may be chosen from the English baskets below or from the History options, up to a maximum of 80 credits in either English or History.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following English compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Basket 1:

Basket 2:

Basket 3:

Basket 4:

Candidates are required to study at least 20 credits from the following History Group A option modules:

Candidates are required to study at least 20 credits from the following History Group B option modules:

The following modules, where programme / module combinations allow, offer you the chance to explore the diversity of approaches to the study of the past. Some of the modules give you the chance to research and practise History in collaboration with others, both within and outside the University.

The following modules, where programme / module combinations allow, offer you the chance to explore the diversity of approaches to the study of the past. Some of the modules give you the chance to research and practise History in collaboration with others, both within and outside the University.

Discovery modules:

Level 2 students may take 20 credits of Discovery module or FOAH2020 Towards the Future: Skills in Context in place of an English or a History option module, provided they have fulfilled the programme requirements to take at least 40 credits in both English and History:

Level 2 students may take 20 credits of Discovery module or FOAH2020 Towards the Future: Skills in Context in place of an English or a History option module, provided they have fulfilled the programme requirements to take at least 40 credits in both English and History:

Year3 - View timetable

[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]

Students must study 120 credits in total.
These 120 credits will comprise any compulsory modules stated as well as a mix of Optional and/or Discovery modules as required by the rules of the programme.

Over levels 2 and 3 combined students must pass:

- English: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
- History: a minimum of 100 credits (at least 60 credits must be at level 3)

The remaining credits can be used for elective modules or further modules in the named subjects.

In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must meet the normal Rules for Award by passing all modules which are designated to be passed for award or progression and by passing the required number of credits at each level as specified in the Curricular Regulations (at least 200 credits at level 2 or above, of which at least 100 should be at level 3). Students must pass at least 100 credits at level 3 and all core modules to proceed to gain the degree.

Optional modules:

OPTION MODULES
Candidates must take a minimum of 40 credits in English at Level 3. Candidates may study further credits from the following list of option modules, in accordance with the credit rules. NB Candidates may only choose a level 2 core English module (modules beginning ENGL2XXX) from the list below if all of their remaining final year credits (100) are at level 3, i.e. SUBJ3XXX.

Candidates will be required to take one of the following final year projects:

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits from the following Special Subject modules:

The following modules, where programme / module combinations allow, offer you the chance to explore the diversity of approaches to the study of the past. Some of the modules give you the chance to research and practise History in collaboration with others, both within and outside the University. Students are permitted to take a maximum of 20 credits below their year of study at level 3, where programme / module combinations allow.

Candidates will be required to study up to 20 credits from the following modules, depending on the choice of final year project. (Students are required to study 60 credits of History at level 3.)

Level 3 students may study up to 20 credits of level 2 Discovery modules. Level 3 students may not study level 1 Discovery modules unless they are Skills Discovery modules (skd).

Discovery modules:

Candidates may choose to study up to 60 credits of discovery modules over levels 2 and 3, or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects, where programme / module combinations allow.

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