2023/24 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue
BA English and Philosophy
Programme code: | BA-ENGL&PHIL | UCAS code: | QV35 |
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Duration: | 3 Years | Method of Attendance: | Full Time |
Programme manager: | Kal Kalewold | Contact address: | K.Kalewold@leeds.ac.uk |
Total credits: 360
Entry requirements:
AAB at A-level, including A in English (Language, Literature or Language and Literature) but excluding General Studies/Critical Thinking.
IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in any component.
School/Unit responsible for the parenting of students and programme:
Philosophy, Religion & History of Science
Examination board through which the programme will be considered:
Philosophy, Religion & History of Science
Relevant QAA Subject Benchmark Groups:
Programme specification:
The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme in 2022/2023 or before. For students entering the programme from September 2023 or after, you can find the details of your programme: BA English and Philosophy (For students entering from September 2023 onwards)
The programme is full time and in person. It does not include any distance learning elements.
The distinctiveness, appeal and strength of University of Leeds joint honours programmes lie in the unusual combination of depth, breadth and flexibility which they offer. They permit students to study two disciplines, in depth and to degree level, while acquiring a broader range of skills than is typically possible within a single honours degree. They are emphatically joint honours programmes, rather than integrated programmes: students can therefore make the links they choose from the wide choice of optional modules available within each discipline. They provide the opportunity for students, within parameters set by the programme, to devise pathways according to their own preferences. Students acquire the flexibility of mind and variety of learning techniques needed to switch between the two disciplines.
The programme has an optional international variant, which includes a study abroad year at Level 3, and an industrial variant, which includes a work placement year at Level 3.
At each level, students must pass at least 40 credits in English (ENGL code) and 40 credits in Philosophy (PHIL or PRHS code). This ensures the integrity of a joint honours degree in two disciplines.
Your Course
The programme provides for breadth and depth. At level 1, students will be exposed to core topics in each discipline through both compulsory and optional modules. This will allow them to begin to identify areas of personal interest which they may wish to pursue at higher levels. At higher levels, the programme is designed to provide the opportunity to acquire knowledge of and competence in a range of core topics and generic skills in each discipline, building on L1 exposure, or progressively specialise in a disciplinary sub-field (such as normative philosophy, theoretical philosophy, fiction, poetry, historical literary periods). They make undertake a final year project in either of the disciplines. This enables students to build a personalised portfolio of knowledge and competencies in each discipline, which can be adjusted according to an individual student’s intellectual ambitions, needs, and interests.
The programme showcases the distinctive areas of research strength in Philosophy and English at Leeds. Modules at higher levels will offer the opportunity to engage with current research of academics in each of the schools, especially at level 3.
At level 2, students have the option to study modules that are specifically focused on developing transferable skills for future employment.
At each level, students may study 20 credits of Discovery modules to expand their knowledge and/or skills beyond their programme of study, which provides a further opportunity to shape their study to their ambitions, interests and needs.
Your Future
Students will gain a suite of transferrable skills valued by employers, such as good organisational skills (gained through developing a personal path through their programme, engagement with study-related activities, and meeting assessment deadlines), independent research skills, the ability to analyse and interpret texts or information, the ability to analyse complex information from multiple sources, ability to construct arguments and to effectively communicate their views, and awareness of how cultural or historical context influences scholarship in the disciplines and issues in contemporary society.
Our World
At each level, students will have the opportunity to engage with material that demonstrates how each of the disciplines is relevant to contemporary issues and concerns (e.g., through race, gender, and culture, or debates about oppression, equality, justice and international obligations). In doing so they acquire a developed and informed understanding of contemporary issues, their own stance on those issues, and so gain an understanding of their place in the world. Both literature and philosophy have an important role in explicating diverse ways of understanding the world, the experience of different peoples (in place and time), how our world is shaped and can be changed for the better.
Year1 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Candidates must study 120 credits which may include up to 20 credits of Discovery modules.
Candidates must pass at least 100 credits and any PFP modules to progress to the next year of the programme.
Candidates are required to pass a minimum of 40 credits in English (ENGL) and 40 credits in Philosophy (PHIL or PRHS).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
ENGL1065 | Reading Between the Lines | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL1855 | Race, Writing and Decolonization | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL1250 | How to Think Clearly and Argue Well | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Optional modules:
Philosophy Basket 1: Candidates will be required to study at least 1 module from the following optional modules:
PHIL1080 | The Good, the Bad, the Right, the Wrong | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL1090 | Knowledge, Self and Reality | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL1121 | Introduction to the History of Western Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
English Basket 1: Candidates may study 1 or 2 modules from the following optional modules:
ENGL1070 | Drama: Text and Performance | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL1221 | Modern Fictions in English: Conflict, Liminality, Translation | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL1261 | Poetry: Reading and Interpretation | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Philosophy Basket 2: Candidates may study 1 or 2 modules from the following optional modules:
PHIL1005 | The Mind | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL1007 | Introduction to the Philosophy of Religion | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study 10-20 credits of Discovery modules in place of optional modules from the Philosophy Basket 2.
Year2 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
Candidates must study 120 credits which may include up to 20 credits of Discovery modules.
Candidates must pass at least 100 credits and any PFP modules to progress to the next year of the programme.
Candidates are required to pass a minimum of 40 credits in English (ENGL) and 40 credits in Philosophy (PHIL or PRHS).
Compulsory modules:
Candidates will be required to study the following compulsory modules:
ENGL2030 | Writing Environments: Literature, Nature, Culture | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2045 | Body Language: Literature and Embodiment | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Optional modules:
Philosophy Basket 1: Candidates will be required to study at least 1 module from the following optional modules:
PHIL2121 | Introduction to the Philosophy of Language | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL2122 | Formal Logic | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL2405 | Introduction to Epistemology | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL2542 | Introduction to Metaphysics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Philosophy Basket 2: Candidates will be required to study at least 1 module from the following optional modules:
PHIL2221 | Ancient Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL2232 | History of Modern Philosophy: Locke and Berkeley | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL2321 | Political Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL2322 | Moral Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL2532 | Philosophy of Religion | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
English Basket 1: Candidates may study 1 module from the following optional modules:
ENGL2029 | Renaissance Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2065 | Postcolonial Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2085 | Medieval and Tudor Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL2090 | Modern Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
English Basket 2: Candidates may study 1 module from the following optional modules:
ENGL2055 | American Words, American Worlds | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2080 | Contemporary Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2095 | Other Voices: Rethinking Nineteenth-Century Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL2096 | The World Before Us: Literature 1660–1830 | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Broadening Basket: Candidates may study 20 credits of modules from the following optional or Discovery modules:
CSER2206 | Developing Your Professional Identity: Preparing for a Career in Within The Arts, Heritage and Creative Industries | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
FOAH2020 | Towards the Future: Skills in Context | 20 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PHIL2295 | Ethics of Life and Death | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PRHS2333 | Thinking About Race | 10 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may study 20 credits of Discovery modules in place of modules from the Broadening Basket.
Year3 - View timetable
[Learning Outcomes, Transferable (Key) Skills, Assessment]
THIS INFORMATION ONLY APPLIES TO CURRENT LEVEL 3 STUDENTS.
Students must study 120 credits in Level 3.Over levels 2 and 3 combined students must pass:
- English: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)- Philosophy: a minimum of 80 credits (at least 40 credits must be at level 3)
- Plus 40 credits in the named subjects and used to ensure that credits at the appropriate level for award are taken.
- Plus 40 credits in 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.
Compulsory modules:
Optional modules:
Students must undertake a Final Year Project in one or other of their JH subjects:
ENGL3005 | Textual Editing Project | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
ENGL3041 | Final Year Project | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PRHS3000 | Independent Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PRHS3001 | Integrated Research Project in Philosophy, Religion or History of Science | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) | |
PRHS3700 | External Placement: Beyond the University | 40 credits | Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) |
OPTIONAL 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.
ENGL3004 | The Writings of Graham Greene | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3024 | Modern Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3025 | Postcolonial Literature | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3026 | Contemporary Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3027 | Shakespeare | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3031 | Sex and Suffering in the Eighteenth-Century Novel | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3032 | Tragedy: Classical to Neo-Classical | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3034 | Romantic Lyric Poetry | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3035 | Current Practice in Creative Writing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3208 | Arthurian Legend: Chivalry and Violence | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32111 | Gender, Culture and Politics: Readings of Jane Austen | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32153 | Refugee Narratives | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32154 | Prose Fiction Stylistics and the Mind | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32155 | Crime Fiction Stylistics: Crossing Languages, Cultures, Media | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL32169 | Contemporary South African Writing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3268 | Transformations | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL32980 | African Literature | 20 credits | Not running in 202324 | |
ENGL3314 | Imagining Posthuman Futures | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3321 | Angry Young Men and Women: Literature of the Mid-Twentieth Century | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3365 | Theatricalities: Beckett, Pinter, Kane | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
ENGL3391 | September 11 in Fact and Fiction | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3394 | Bowie, Reading, Writing | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3396 | Fictions of the End: Apocalypse and After | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3402 | Home Bodies: Domestic Animals in Contemporary Literature | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3410 | Modernist Sexualities | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
ENGL3680 | Postcolonial London | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) |
Candidates may choose some or all of their remaining credits from the following list of Philosophy modules:
PHIL3112 | Kant | 20 credits | Not running in 202324 | |
PHIL3123 | Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL3320 | Philosophy of Biology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL3321 | Metaethics | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL3322 | Aesthetics and the Philosophy of Art | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3421 | Philosophy of Mind | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3700 | Feminist Philosophy | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3723 | War, Terror and Justice | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3851 | Introduction to Philosophy of Modern Physics | 10 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3852 | Philosophy of Modern Physics | 20 credits | Semester 1 (Sep to Jan) | |
PHIL3855 | Philosophical Issues in Technology | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PHIL3865 | Philosophy of the Social Sciences | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) | |
PRHS3100 | Existentialism and Phenomenology | 20 credits | Not running in 202324 | |
PRHS3170 | Religion, Belief and Ethics | 20 credits | Not running in 202324 | |
PRHS3300 | Religion and Mental Health | 20 credits | Semester 2 (Jan to Jun) |
Discovery modules:
Candidates may choose to study up to 40 credits of Discovery modules over both Level 2 and 3 or pursue additional modules in the two named subjects.
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