2023/24 Undergraduate Programme Catalogue

BA English Literature and Theatre Studies (For students entering from September 2023 onwards)

Total credits: 360

Entry requirements:

- A-level AAB with A in English (English Literature, or English Language, or English Language & Literature) excluding General Studies and Critical Thinking

- International Baccalaureate: 35 points overall with 16 at Higher Level including 6 in English at Higher Level.

- Applications welcome from mature students with Access qualifications and from students with international or other non-A-level qualifications.

- IELTS 6.5 overall, with no less than 6.0 in any component.

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:

Programme specification:

The information on this page is accurate for students entering the programme from September 2023. For students who entered the programme before September 2023, you can find the details of your programme: BA English Literature and Theatre Studies



At Level 1, students take modules which guide them through the transition into university-level study, equipping them to read critically and write with rigour and persuasion. An optional module on Race, Writing and Decolonisation draws upon the school’s long history of teaching and scholarship on postcolonialism, Black and Asian British writing, and international literature in English. Other modules focus on poetry, fiction and drama, and students may also take Discovery modules from across the University. At Level 2, students take four core modules on literatures of the environment and writing identity, and on applying performance as a research methodology to appreciate other cultures and as a mode of creating or articulating community cohesion, all of which are designed to enhance intellectual independence and initiative. They also choose two further modules from eight spanning across the history and global reach of English literature, from the Medieval to the Contemporary, and Postcolonial to American, deepening and enriching subject knowledge, or have the opportunity of selecting option modules with theatre and performance foci, delivered in the School of Performance and Cultural Industries. This intermediate year prepares students for intellectual autonomy and adventure at Level 3, where they have free choice from an extensive range of specialist research modules. A final year project, in the form of a ‘Practical Essay’, transforms students into active and potentially collaborative researchers, defining, planning and producing work on a subject of their choosing, researched, developed and presented through both performance and critical writing.

After their second year of study, students may apply for transfer to an International Degree at one of a wide range of universities with which the University of Leeds has established links. They may also spend a year in industry on a work placement as an optional third year of their degree programme.

At Level 3, all students will take a 40 credit capstone project appropriate to their degree programme. Alongside the capstone projects, students will be able to take 80 further credits of optional specialist modules (selection of typical options shown below).

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:

Candidates will be required to study 40 credits of modules from the following optional modules, OR 20 credits from the following optional modules and 20 credits of Discovery modules: 

Basket 1:

Basket 2:

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. Any choice made from Basket 3 must not cause asymmetry in your credit loading between semesters.

Basket 1:

Basket 2:

Basket 3: N.B. Any choice made from Basket 3 must not cause asymmetry in your credit loading between semesters: you should avoid your selections resulting in a credit load of over 70 credits per semester.

Year3 - View timetable

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

At Level 3, all students will take a 40 credit capstone project appropriate to their degree programme. Alongside the capstone projects, students will be able to take 80 further credits of optional specialist modules (selection of typical options shown below).

Compulsory modules:

Optional modules:

Up to four optional modules to be chosen from an indicative list:

Plus up to 20 credits of Discovery Modules

Discovery modules:

Last updated: 21/09/2023 10:38:59

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