2020/21 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA English Language and Literature (Work Placement)

Total credits: 480

Entry requirements:

Candidates apply to transfer to this programme at Level 2 after successful completion of a qualifying year.

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:

English

Programme specification:

This is one of the country's most prestigious degrees in English, in one of the UK's most highly rated English departments. There is a large academic staff (over 40 full time), and an annual intake of over 200 students to the Single Honours Programmes).

The Single Honours English Language and Literature programme is distinguished by the wide range of subject areas to which students are exposed, across the whole spread of English Studies. After a compulsory Level 1, the programme allows students a high degree of choice within a structure which ensures that all students are exposed to a range of periods of and genres within English literature, and a range of topics in English Language study. The programme meets the benchmarking requirements for English and English Language. The School enjoys close links with the excellent Brotherton Library and its Special Collections resources, many of which are directly supportive of the study of English Language and Literature.

Students may apply for transfer to a European or an International Degree. The opportunity to apply for a work placement degree is also available. Those students who are accepted may participate in one of our Erasmus/Socrates schemes or go to one of a range of universities with which the University of Leeds has established links.

Programme Aims:
At the end of the programme students should:

In English Language, be able to demonstrate awareness of the following:
- the internal structure of contemporary English, including knowledge of its phonetics and phonology (sound system), morphology, syntax, semantics, lexis and pragmatics;
- have a basic knowledge of the structure of English, and how to apply concepts relating to the structure and history of English to the analysis of texts;
- some of the main ways of analysing English text and discourse, including for example conversation analysis, aspects of stylistics and discourse analysis (including critical discourse analysis);
- some of the main theories of meaning and how meanings are influenced by context and negotiated by speakers;
- the history of English, including its ongoing development;
- key geographical and social determinants of variation in English, including a number of the main regional varieties of English in the British Isles;
- the role of language within the broader field of communication, including its role in constructing individual and group identities;
- how language produces and reflects cultural change and difference;
- the implications of language choices, for example in constructing particular registers and styles;
- the application of these approaches to a range of text types and language contexts.

In English Literature, be able to demonstrate:

- Overall (i.e. skills which run across both English Language & Literature modules, and produce useful dialogue between them) be able to demonstrate:
- an awareness of the basic concepts, information, practical competencies and techniques which are standard features of English studies;
- use basic generic and subject-specific qualities, ie, present a structured and coherent simple argument
- have some knowledge of critical terminology
- have some knowledge of linguistic terminology;
- develop critical skills;
- develop analytical skills;
- demonstrate a critical knowledge of the social, political cultural contexts of the English language as a medium for literature; and of how to discuss the style of a literary work in terms of grammar, lexis, and sound;
- demonstrate a critical knowledge of particular and specific literary and language fields, facilitated either through the choice and pursuit of research-led option modules or via the planning and production of a dissertation.

The Work Placement element of this programme will lead to the student gaining considerable experience of a professional environment in which they have explored and developed a range of key transferable skills (such as leadership, team-work, innovative th inking, planning and time-management, initiative, etc.), as well as allowing them to comprehend the value of the relationship between professional life and the Arts.

Year1 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

At Level 1, candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules: 

Optional modules:

Discovery modules:

Year2 - View timetable

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

Compulsory modules:

At Level 2, candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules: 

Optional modules:

Candidates will be required to study 2 modules from the following optional modules, but may not choose 2 from the same basket.

Basket 1:

Basket 2:

Discovery modules:

L2 students may take 20 credits of discovery modules in place of one of the Basket modules.

Year3 - View timetable

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

CANDIDATES UNDERTAKE AN APPROVED WORK PLACEMENT.

Compulsory modules:

Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory module:

Year4 - View timetable

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

Students are required to study a total of 120 credits in level 3, with no more than 70 credits in one semester.

A maximum of 20 credits may be taken in modules outside the School of English.

GENERAL OVERVIEW OF LEVEL 3:
1. 40 credits of Final Year Project, Textual Editing Project or English Language Dissertation
2. 20 credits of Literature option modules
3. 20 credits of Language option modules
4. EITHER:
(a) 20 credits which must be in Language modules (if chosen English Literature FYP or Textual Editing Project)
OR
(b) 20 credits which must be in Literature modules (if chosen English Language Dissertation)
5. 20 credits which may be in Language, Literature or Discovery modules

NB: Students are not eligible to take Level 1 modules in Level 3 (with the exception of up to a maximum of 20 credits in Special Skills modules modules – these can be identified by the code ‘skd’ in the online module catalogue).

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Students are required to take ONE of the following modules:

Students are required to take ONE of the following modules:

Students are required to take ONE of the following modules:

Students will be required to study 20 credits (one module) from the following list but can choose to take up to 40 credits (two modules).

If you have chosen to undertake the Final Year Project in Literature or the Textual Editing Project (i.e. not the English Language Dissertation) you must choose AT LEAST ONE ENGLISH LANGUAGE module from this list.

If you have chosen to undertake the English Language Dissertation (i.e. not the Final Year Project in Literature or the Textual Editing Project) you must choose AT LEAST ONE ENGLISH LITERATURE module from this list.

This list is subject to change and is not exhaustive.

Discovery modules:

Candidates may study up to 20 credits of Discovery modules outside the School of English.

Students are not eligible to take Level 1 modules in Level 3 (with the exception of up to a maximum of 20 credits in Special Skills modules – these can be identified by the code ‘skd’ in the online module catalogue).

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