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2020/21 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA English & Environment (No longer recruiting from 2020/21)

Programme code:BA-ENGL&ENVIUCAS code:GA1A
Duration:3 Years Method of Attendance: Full Time
Programme manager:Prof Graham Huggan Contact address:g.d.m.huggan@leeds.ac.uk

Total credits: 365

Entry requirements:

AAB at A-Level including Grade A in English Literature

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

School of English

Examination board through which the programme will be considered:

School of English

Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:

Since this is a Joint Honours degree with a significant component in English literature, English benchmark standards
(http://www.qaa.ac.uk/Publications/InformationAndGuidance/Documents/English07.pdf) will be used, but will be adapted to meet the requirements of a cross-disciplinary programme.
Threshold standard:
(1) Students studying on this programme will be able to show an understanding, both historical and contemporary, of the relationship of human beings to their environment, and of the ways in which this relationship is articulated in literary and non-literary texts.
(2) Students studying on this programme will be able to show an understanding of the foundational principles of environmental social science.
(3) Students studying on this programme will be able to conduct research through self-formulated questions and tasks, to display competence in both written and spoken English, and to exercise a degree of independent critical judgement in the reading of literary, scientific and other (e.g. journalistic) texts.
Typical standard:
(1) Students studying on this programme will be able to interpret different ideas and values represented in and through language and literature, and to apply these ideas and values to both historical and contemporary environmental issues and debates.
(2) Students studying on this programme will be able to demonstrate confident analytic skills with respect to historical and contemporary environmental problems, and to exercise critical judgement in addressing these, both via their own and others' work.
(3) Students studying on this programme will be able to produce carefully argued essays in English that address specific issues and areas of importance in environmental studies, and that demonstrate independent critical judgement in the reading of literary and scientific texts.

Programme specification:

At the end of the programme students should be able to demonstrate:
(1) An understanding of historical and contemporary environmental issues and debates;
(2) An understanding of how to analyse these debates, using tools and skills derived from both the arts (literary criticism) and the sciences (qualitative/quantitative analysis);
(3) An awareness of how the English and environmental studies fields intersect with and complement one another;
(4) A critical understanding of the principles of cross-disciplinary research;
(5) A flexible ability, adapted to the needs of different potential employers, to analyse both imaginative (literary) and informative (scientific) texts, to produce reasoned arguments for and against particular environmental actions, and to convert conceptual understandings (e.g. of the changing human-environment relationship) into practically applicable goals.

The programme will: allow students to study English literature in its relation to historical/contemporary environmental issues and debates and vice versa, developing and combining skills derived from both of the appropriate disciplinary areas (i.e., English and environmental studies). At Level One, students will gain introductory insights into some of these issues and debates while working on the critical and analytical skills needed to address them. At Level Two, students will sharpen these skills by applying them to sets of contexts (around, for example, wildness/wilderness or climate change or biodiversity) in which both qualitative (interpretative) and quantitative forms of analysis are required. Level Three will provide the opportunity for an autonomous research project while also honing pre-professional skills in such environmentally oriented areas as environmental journalism and consultancy, biodiversity management and work with non-profit organisations (NGOs). As also argued above (see Statement), the programme is distinctive in bringing two sets of knowledge and techniques to bear on contemporary environmental issues and problems, using arts- as well as science-based methods and approaches to explore the cultural, historical and ethical dimensions of these issues and problems, and developing crosscutting critical and analytical skills that are relevant to a variety of both culturally and environmentally oriented professional


Year1 - View timetable

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

Students must study 125 credits.

Compulsory modules:

Students will be required to study the following CORE modules:

ENGL1000Studying and Researching English5 creditsNot running in 202021
ENGL1340Environment, Crisis and Creativity: Contemporary Nature Writing20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL1350Foundations of English Studies20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE1111Sustainable Development20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE1381Skills for Environmental Social Science10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE1450Environmental Politics and Policy10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits of Discovery modules. These may be made up of Discovery modules offered by English or Earth and Environment or from outside of both schools.


Year2 - View timetable

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

Students must take 120 credits in Level 2.

Over levels 2 and 3 combined, students must take:
1. English: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at Level 3)
2. Earth and Environment: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at Level 3)
3. At least 100 credits at Level 2
4. At least 100 credits at Level 3.

Additionally, students must take:
5. a further 40 credits in the named subjects (i.e. in English, Earth and Environment, or a combination of both).
6. a further 40 credits in either the named subjects (English or Earth and Environment) or in Discovery modules (i.e. outside the named subjects).

In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must:
- meet the Rules for Award
- pass all modules which are designated 'pass for progression'
- pass the required number of credits at each level (a minimum of 100 credits at each Levels 1, 2 & 3) as specified in the Curricular Regulations

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

CORE MODULES (SOEE)
Candidates are required to study 40 credits of the following CORE optional modules.
*Students wishing to take SOEE3030 Environmental Research Project at level 3 MUST pass SOEE2570 Research in the Environmental Social Sciences.

SOEE2165Climate Change: Society and Human Dimensions10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE2371People, Sustainability, and the Environment20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE2570Research in the Environmental Social Sciences30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE2670Environmental Impact Assessment10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE2690Managing Biodiversity10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

CORE MODULES (ENGL)
Candidates are required to study 40 credits of the following CORE optional modules:

ENGL2025Medieval Literature20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL2026Restoration and Eighteenth Century Writing20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL2028Literature of the Romantic Period20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL2029Renaissance Literature20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL3289Victorian Literature20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL3290American Words, American Worlds, 1900-Present20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

OPTION MODULES
Candidates may choose to study 40 credits of Discovery modules over Levels 2 and 3 or pursue additonal credits in the two named subjects.

ENGL2023Power of Language20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL2024Language in Society20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL2041Textual Healing: An Introduction to Scholarly Editing and Publishing20 creditsNot running in 202021
ENGL2201Writing Nature: Creative and Critical Practices20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL2204Shakespeare and Global Cinema20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL2206African American Narrative: Eight Major Works20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL2209Where the Wild Things Are: Animals in Children’s Literature20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL2284ExtraOrdinary Bodies: Physical Disability in Contemporary Literature and Film20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL2345Imagining Revolution: Literature of the English Civil Wars20 creditsNot running in 202021
ENGL3208Arthurian Legend: Chivalry and Violence20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL32111Gender, Culture and Politics: Readings of Jane Austen20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32113The Wild: Literature and the Environment20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL32114Forming Victorian Fiction20 creditsNot running in 202021
ENGL32120Sex and Suffering in the Eighteenth-Century Novel20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL32146Queens, Vikings, poets and dragons: Old English and early medieval Britain20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32148American Danger20 creditsNot running in 202021
ENGL32153Refugee Narratives20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL32156Quiet Rebels and Unquiet Minds: writing to contemporary anxiety20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL32157Contemporary African Writing20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32163Milton20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL32167Language of the Media20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32169Contemporary South African Writing20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL3227Surrealism and the French Stage20 creditsNot running in 202021
ENGL3233Forensic Approaches to Language20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL32660Creative Writing20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL3268Transformations20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32763Children, Talk and Learning20 creditsNot running in 202021
ENGL3293Victoria's Secrets: Secrecy in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32993Romantic Lyric Poetry20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32997Keywords: The Words We Use and The Ways We Use Them20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32998Writing and Gender in Seventeenth-Century England20 creditsNot running in 202021
ENGL32999Tragedy: Classical to Neo-Classical20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

OPTION MODULES
Candidates may choose to study 40 credits of Discovery modules over Levels 2 and 3 or pursue additonal credits in the two named subjects provided all necessary pre-requisites are met.

SOEE2032Personal Development for Careers in the Environmental Sector10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE2165Climate Change: Society and Human Dimensions10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE2310Tools and Techniques for Business, Environment and Corporate Responsibility20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE2355Energy Transitions: Technologies, Markets and Policy10 creditsNot running in 202021
SOEE2371People, Sustainability, and the Environment20 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE2570Research in the Environmental Social Sciences30 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE2610Economics and Sustainability10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE2670Environmental Impact Assessment10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE2680Environmental Policy and Governance10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE2690Managing Biodiversity10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 40 credits of discovery modules over both Levels 2 & 3 or pursue additional credits in the two named subjects from a list of available modules in any given academic year.


Year3 - View timetable

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

Students must take 120 credits in Level 3.

Over levels 2 and 3 combined, students must take:
1. English: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at Level 3)
2. Earth and Environment: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at Level 3)


Additionally, students must take:
5. a further 40 credits in the named subjects (i.e. in English, Earth and Environment, or a combination of both).
6. a further 40 credits in either the named subjects (English or Earth and Environment) or in Discovery modules (i.e. outside the named subjects).

In order to be eligible for an honours degree, students must:
- meet the Rules for Award
- pass all modules which are designated ‘pass for progression’
- pass the required number of credits at each Level (a minimum of 100 credits at each Levels 1, 2 & 3) as specified in the Curricular Regulations

Optional modules:

Candidates MUST take 40 credits of the following Final Year Projects:
*In order to take SOEE3030 Environmental Research Project students MUST have passed SOEE2570 Research in the Environmental Social Sciences at level 2.

ENGL3041Final Year Project40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)
SOEE3030Environmental Research Project40 creditsSemesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun)

Candidates are required to study 40 credits in English from the optional list below in accordance with the programme requirements for Level 3: 1. English (a minimum of 40 credits) 2. Earth & Environment (a minimum of 40 credits) with no more than 70 credits in one semester.

ENGL3024Modern Literature20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL3025Postcolonial Literature20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL3026Contemporary Literature20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL3027Shakespeare20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates are required to study 40 credits in Earth and Environment from the optional list below in accordance with the programme requirements for Level 3: 1. English (a minimum of 40 credits) 2. Earth & Environment (a minimum of 40 credits) with no more than 70 credits in one semester.

SOEE3112Environmental Risk: Science, Policy and Management10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3202Sustainable Consumption10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3270Business and Sustainable Development10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3630Strategic Energy Issues10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE3750Sustainability Economics in Practice10 creditsNot running in 202021
SOEE3760Terrestrial Biosphere in the Earth System10 creditsNot running in 202021
SOEE3771Sustainable Futures10 creditsNot running in 202021
SOEE3780Sustainable Development in Practice10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

Candidates may study further credits in English from the optional list below in accordance with the programme requirements for Level 3.

ENGL3208Arthurian Legend: Chivalry and Violence20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL32111Gender, Culture and Politics: Readings of Jane Austen20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32113The Wild: Literature and the Environment20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL32114Forming Victorian Fiction20 creditsNot running in 202021
ENGL32120Sex and Suffering in the Eighteenth-Century Novel20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL32146Queens, Vikings, poets and dragons: Old English and early medieval Britain20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32148American Danger20 creditsNot running in 202021
ENGL32153Refugee Narratives20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL32156Quiet Rebels and Unquiet Minds: writing to contemporary anxiety20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL32157Contemporary African Writing20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32163Milton20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL32167Language of the Media20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32169Contemporary South African Writing20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL3227Surrealism and the French Stage20 creditsNot running in 202021
ENGL3233Forensic Approaches to Language20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL32660Creative Writing20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL3268Transformations20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32763Children, Talk and Learning20 creditsNot running in 202021
ENGL3293Victoria's Secrets: Secrecy in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32993Romantic Lyric Poetry20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32997Keywords: The Words We Use and The Ways We Use Them20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL32998Writing and Gender in Seventeenth-Century England20 creditsNot running in 202021
ENGL32999Tragedy: Classical to Neo-Classical20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL3314Imagining Posthuman Futures20 creditsNot running in 202021
ENGL3321Angry Young Men and Women: Literature of the Mid-Twentieth Century20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL3342Millennial Fictions20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL3365Theatricalities: Beckett, Pinter, Kane20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL3386Telling Lives: Reading and Writing Family Memoir20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL3394Bowie, Reading, Writing20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL3396Fictions of the End: Apocalypse and After20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL3410Modernist Sexualities20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL3439States of Mind: Disability, Cognitive Impairment and Mental Health in Contemporary Culture20 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
ENGL3680Postcolonial London20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
ENGL3999Literature of the 1890s20 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)

Candidates may study further credits in Earth and Environment from the optional list below in accordance with the programme requirements for Level 3. No more than 70 credits may be taken in one semester.

SOEE3112Environmental Risk: Science, Policy and Management10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3202Sustainable Consumption10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3270Business and Sustainable Development10 creditsSemester 1 (Sep to Jan)
SOEE3630Strategic Energy Issues10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)
SOEE3750Sustainability Economics in Practice10 creditsNot running in 202021
SOEE3760Terrestrial Biosphere in the Earth System10 creditsNot running in 202021
SOEE3771Sustainable Futures10 creditsNot running in 202021
SOEE3780Sustainable Development in Practice10 creditsSemester 2 (Jan to Jun)

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